Bickford Slides is a waterfall on Bickford Brook in Oxford County, Maine, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 11 miles northwest of Lovell and roughly 55.8 miles northwest of Portland as the crow flies.
Its height has not been recorded in the source data. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 3 drops.
The Northeastern Highlands are the mountains of northern New England and the Adirondacks, with spruce-fir on the summits and northern hardwood forest of maple, beech and birch below, and countless lakes and boulder-strewn brooks. Fast mountain streams drop over granite and gneiss ledges in chains of falls and pools.
Oxford County holds 34 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Rattlesnake Pool, a 4-foot fan waterfall, is about 1.2 miles away. Rattlesnake Flume, a 10-foot plunge waterfall, is about 1.3 miles away. Mad River Falls, a 100-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1.5 miles away.
Bickford Slides is located at 44.2686° N, 70.9916° W. The listing is based on the World Waterfall Database, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The creek name is confirmed against the federal Geographic Names Information System. The exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.