Rattlesnake Pool is a 4-foot waterfall on Rattlesnake Brook in Oxford County, Maine, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 9.9 miles northwest of Lovell and roughly 54.6 miles northwest of Portland as the crow flies.
At 4 feet it is one of the lowest falls in the state’s records: of the 80 Maine waterfalls with a documented height only 0 are shorter, while the typical Maine waterfall stands around 29 feet. By form it is a fan, spreading out horizontally as it falls and staying in contact with the rock.
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. Rattlesnake Brook carries 2 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 10 feet.
Oxford County holds 34 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Rattlesnake Flume, a 10-foot plunge waterfall, is under a mile away. Bickford Slides, a tiered waterfall, is about 1.2 miles away. Mad River Falls, a 100-foot tiered waterfall, is about 2.7 miles away.
Rattlesnake Pool is located at 44.2563° N, 70.9755° 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.