Sawtelle Falls is a 12-foot waterfall on Sawtelle Brook in Penobscot County, Maine, in the Acadian Plains and Hills region. It lies about 14.7 miles northwest of Patten as the crow flies.
At 12 feet it is on the modest side for Maine, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 29 feet; it ranks 67th of 80. The tallest single drop is 8 feet. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 2 drops.
The Acadian Plains and Hills of Maine are rolling, glaciated forest of spruce, fir and northern hardwoods with countless lakes, bogs and rivers. Rivers drop over granite and slate ledges in falls and rips.
Penobscot County holds 15 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Grand Pitch, a block waterfall, is about 2 miles away. Shin Falls, a 54-foot tiered waterfall, is about 2.1 miles away. Haskell Rock Pitch, a 15-foot cascade waterfall, is about 7.9 miles away.
Sawtelle Falls is located at 46.1545° N, 68.6506° 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 position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.