Norway Rapids is a waterfall on Avalanche Brook in Grafton County, New Hampshire, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 9.9 miles east of Woodstock and roughly 64.9 miles west of Portland as the crow flies.
Its height has not been recorded in the source data. By form it is a cascade, descending over a series of rock steps rather than in a single drop.
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. Avalanche Brook carries 2 recorded waterfalls along its course.
Grafton County holds 98 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Waterville Cascades, a 98-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Flume, The, a cascade waterfall, is about 1.1 miles away. Green Cascade, a cascade waterfall, is about 1.2 miles away.
Norway Rapids is located at 43.9688° N, 71.4865° 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 exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.