Pulpit Falls is a waterfall on Pauchaug Brook in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, in the Northeastern Highlands region, with a total height of about 20 feet. It lies about 3.3 miles south of Winchester and roughly 38.9 miles north of North Chicopee as the crow flies.
At 20 feet it is on the modest side for New Hampshire, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 81st of 115. The tallest single drop is 12 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 Cheshire County. Cascade Falls, a 45-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 8 miles away across the state line in Massachusetts. Falls Brook Falls, is about 9.8 miles away. Cascades, The, a 50-foot cascade waterfall, is about 10.5 miles away across the state line in Massachusetts.
Pulpit Falls is located at 42.7279° N, 72.4034° 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.