Lower Falls of the Swift is a 10-foot waterfall on Swift River in Carroll County, New Hampshire, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 6.4 miles southwest of North Conway and roughly 55 miles northwest of Portland as the crow flies.
At 10 feet it is on the modest side for New Hampshire, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 104th of 115. 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. Swift River carries 2 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 12 feet.
Carroll County holds 42 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Rocky Gorge, a 12-foot cascade waterfall, is about 1.8 miles away. Ellens Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 2.4 miles away. Pitcher Falls, a plunge waterfall, is about 3.3 miles away.
Lower Falls of the Swift is located at 44.0150° N, 71.2449° 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.