Cascade Brook Falls is a waterfall on Cascade Brook in Grafton County, New Hampshire, in the Northeastern Highlands region, with a total height of about 240 feet. It lies about 8.3 miles southwest of Deerfield and roughly 78.1 miles northwest of Portland as the crow flies.
At 240 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of New Hampshire’s 115 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 14th; the typical New Hampshire waterfall is about 30 feet. The tallest single drop is 40 feet. The water comes down as a cascade, descending over a series of rock steps rather than in a single drop.
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. Cascade Brook carries 9 recorded waterfalls, and Cascade Brook Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 98 recorded waterfalls in Grafton County. Kinsman Falls, a 20-foot plunge waterfall, is under a mile away. Basin, The, an 8-foot punchbowl waterfall, is under a mile away. Rocky Glen Falls, a 40-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away.
Cascade Brook Falls is located at 44.1216° N, 71.6880° 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.