Smalls Falls is a spot popular for its charming natural scenery, beautiful waterfall, and excellent swimming holes. Located in the Smalls Falls Rest Area just south of the town of Rangeley, Smalls Falls has a spectacular 54-foot drop with numerous cascades that travel through a gorge with amazingly colored walls of brown, beige, gold, green, and black rock. The bottom of Small Falls features a 3-foot cascade that drops into a 20-foot-wide circular pool, followed by a 14-foot fanning horsetail further up that falls into a deep oblong pool. Further up again is a 25-foot segmented waterfall, and the top waterfall is a 12-foot horsetail and slide. Beyond the last fall are tiny plunges and cascades with crystal-clear water for fun dipping and splashing.

Address: Smalls Falls Rest Area, Rangeley, Franklin County, Maine

Rangeley is a 2 hr 30 min day trip from Portland (131.3 miles via I-295 N, ME-27 N and ME-4 N):


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