Raymond Cataract is a waterfall in Coos County, New Hampshire, in the Northeastern Highlands region, with a total height of about 394 feet. It lies about 10 miles southwest of Gorham and roughly 66.1 miles northwest of Portland as the crow flies.
At 394 feet it is among the ten tallest of the 115 New Hampshire waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 7th. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 4 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 79 recorded waterfalls in Coos County. Pinnacle Gully Cascade, a cascade waterfall, is under a mile away. Birch Pitch, is under a mile away. Appalachian Cascades, a cascade waterfall, is about 1.2 miles away.
Raymond Cataract is located at 44.2657° N, 71.2834° 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.