Dog Hole Falls is a 12-foot waterfall on Heald Stream in Somerset County, Maine, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 36.5 miles northwest of Greenville and roughly 142 miles north of Portland as the crow flies.
At 12 feet it is on the modest side for Maine, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 29 feet; it ranks 67th of 80.
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. Heald Stream carries 2 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 18 feet.
Somerset County holds 18 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Heald Stream Falls, an 18-foot tiered waterfall, is about 2.2 miles away. Falls, The, a 45-foot cascade waterfall, is about 2.6 miles away. Little Canada Falls, is about 8.2 miles away.
Dog Hole Falls is located at 45.7122° N, 70.2524° 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.