Lower Mill River Falls is a 7-foot waterfall on Mill River in Franklin County, Vermont, in the Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands region. It lies about 3.7 miles southwest of Saint Albans and roughly 141.5 miles north of Schenectady as the crow flies.
At 7 feet it is on the modest side for Vermont, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 153rd of 158. By form it is a plunge, where the water drops vertically and loses contact with the rock face.
The Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands are a rolling plain of farmland and mixed forest south of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. Creeks cut gorges through layered limestone and shale, dropping over ledges in waterfalls, most famously along the Niagara Escarpment. Mill River carries 4 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 27 feet.
Franklin County holds 21 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Mill River Falls, a 27-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Stone Bridge Falls, a 9-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 4.5 miles away. Stevens Brook Falls, a block waterfall, is about 5.1 miles away.
Lower Mill River Falls is located at 44.7809° N, 73.1449° 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.