Grand Falls is a 40-foot waterfall on Dead River in Somerset County, Maine, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 23.6 miles north of Kingfield and roughly 113.3 miles north of Portland as the crow flies.
At 40 feet it is taller than the typical Maine waterfall of about 29 feet, ranking 30th of 80 with a recorded height. By form it is a block waterfall, wider than it is tall, spilling over a broad ledge.
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. Dead River carries 4 recorded waterfalls, and Grand Falls is the tallest of them.
Somerset County holds 18 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Long Falls, a 30-foot tiered waterfall, is about 5 miles away. Bunchberry Falls, a 12-foot cascade waterfall, is about 12.9 miles away. Poplar Stream Falls, a 24-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 13.5 miles away.
Grand Falls is located at 45.2971° N, 70.2216° 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.