Little Abol Falls is a waterfall on Abol Stream in Piscataquis County, Maine, in the Northeastern Highlands region, with a total height of about 15 feet. It lies about 18.8 miles northwest of Millinocket as the crow flies.
At 15 feet it is on the modest side for Maine, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 29 feet; it ranks 62nd of 80. The water comes down as 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. Abol Stream carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Little Abol Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 50 recorded waterfalls in Piscataquis County. Abol Falls, is about 1.9 miles away. Katahdin Stream Falls, a 108-foot tiered waterfall, is about 2.3 miles away. Katahdin Falls, an 800-foot tiered waterfall, is about 2.6 miles away.
Little Abol Falls is located at 45.8707° N, 68.9504° 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 position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.