Bash Bish Falls is the highest single-drop waterfall in the Massachusetts. Take a hike and enjoy a picnic on the rocks. Explore the neighboring wilderness at the 4,000-acre (1,600 ha) Washington State Park, or cross the border into New York’s Taconic State Park.Bash Bish State Park consists of numerous gorges and an eastern hemlock ravine forest.The slopes around the waterfall are covered by forests of trees such as maple, oak, and beech. Wildlife includes the timber rattlesnake, the peregrine falcon, bobcats, black bears, and porcupines.