Milton Falls is a waterfall on Lamoille River in Chittenden County, Vermont, in the Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands region, with a total height of about 100 feet. It lies about 0.4 miles southwest of Milton and roughly 132.5 miles north of Schenectady as the crow flies.
At 100 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Vermont’s 158 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 21st; the typical Vermont waterfall is about 30 feet. The tallest single drop is 40 feet. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 3 drops.
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. Lamoille River carries 4 recorded waterfalls, and Milton Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 21 recorded waterfalls in Chittenden County. Westford Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 5.6 miles away. Stone Bridge Falls, a 9-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 6 miles away. Mill River Falls, a 27-foot tiered waterfall, is about 9.6 miles away.
Milton Falls is located at 44.6372° N, 73.1186° 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.