Gordon Falls is a 35-foot waterfall on Gordon Pond Brook in Grafton County, New Hampshire, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 6.3 miles northwest of Woodstock and roughly 74.8 miles north of Manchester as the crow flies.
At 35 feet it is taller than the typical New Hampshire waterfall of about 30 feet, ranking 52nd of 115 with a recorded height. By form it is a horsetail, where the water keeps some contact with the bedrock as it falls.
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. Gordon Pond Brook carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Gordon Falls is the tallest of them.
Grafton County holds 98 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Upper Falls, is about 2.1 miles away. Bells Cascade, a segmented waterfall, is about 2.2 miles away. Paradise Falls, a 20-foot plunge waterfall, is about 2.3 miles away.
Gordon Falls is located at 44.0569° N, 71.7455° 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 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.