Cannibal Falls is a waterfall on South Branch Baker River in Grafton County, New Hampshire, in the Northeastern Highlands region, with a total height of about 17 feet. It lies about 6.1 miles west of Rumney and roughly 61.2 miles northwest of Manchester as the crow flies.
At 17 feet it is on the modest side for New Hampshire, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 92nd of 115. The water comes down as a plunge, where the water drops vertically and loses contact with the rock face.
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.
There are 98 recorded waterfalls in Grafton County. Cloughs Falls, 10 feet high, is about 1 miles away. Wentworth Falls, a cascade waterfall, is about 4.2 miles away. Cascading Falls, is about 4.2 miles away.
Cannibal Falls is located at 43.8106° N, 71.9346° 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 position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.