Great Falls is a waterfall on Clyde River in Orleans County, Vermont, in the Northeastern Highlands region, with a total height of about 116 feet. It lies about 8.1 miles southeast of Newport and roughly 122.9 miles northwest of Portland as the crow flies.
At 116 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Vermont’s 158 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 18th; the typical Vermont waterfall is about 30 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.
There are 8 recorded waterfalls in Orleans County. Willoughby Falls, an 8-foot cascade waterfall, is about 8.5 miles away. Coventry Falls, a 12-foot tiered waterfall, is about 10.5 miles away. Bakers Falls, a 25-foot segmented waterfall, is about 16.8 miles away.
Great Falls is located at 44.8852° N, 72.0558° 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.