Little River Falls is a 10-foot waterfall on Little River in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 4.8 miles south of Chesterfield and roughly 17.1 miles northwest of North Chicopee as the crow flies.
At 10 feet it is one of the lowest falls in the state’s records: of the 24 Massachusetts waterfalls with a documented height only 1 are shorter, while the typical Massachusetts waterfall stands around 50 feet.
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. Little River carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Little River Falls is the tallest of them.
Hampshire County holds 4 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Bradley Falls, a cascade waterfall, is about 1.4 miles away. Dead Branch Falls, is about 2.6 miles away. Glendale Falls, a 126-foot cascade waterfall, is about 5.1 miles away.
Little River Falls is located at 42.3263° N, 72.8720° 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.