Poplar Stream Falls are found in the Carrabassett Valley, home to the Sugarloaf Mountain Resort, one of the largest ski resorts in the East. Situated a few miles east of the resort, Poplar Streams Falls features two sets of falls, each from a different water source and each falling from different heights. The first set of falls is a 24-foot horsetail-shaped cascade set on Poplar Stream that drops into a swimming pool below, while the second is a 51-foot horsetail on South Brook, which fans gloriously down a steep rock face into a large swimming hole. The two streams come together about 0.1 miles downstream of each of the falls and can be accessed by a long and enjoyable hike in summer or with cross-country skis or snowshoes in winter.

Address: Carrabassett Valley, Maine

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