Old City Falls is a waterfall on Old City Brook in Orange County, Vermont, in the Northeastern Highlands region, with a total height of about 45 feet. It lies about 8.4 miles southeast of Chelsea and roughly 76.5 miles northwest of Manchester as the crow flies.
At 45 feet it is taller than the typical Vermont waterfall of about 30 feet, ranking 53rd of 158 with a recorded height. The tallest single drop is 25 feet. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 2 drops.
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.
There are 13 recorded waterfalls in Orange County. Rices Mills, a 10-foot tiered waterfall, is about 5.7 miles away. Covered Bridge Falls, a 25-foot cascade waterfall, is about 6.8 miles away. Glen Falls, a 75-foot tiered waterfall, is about 10.6 miles away.
Old City Falls is located at 43.8815° N, 72.3703° 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.