Smugglers Falls is a waterfall in Lamoille County, Vermont, in the Northeastern Highlands region, with a total height of about 880 feet. It lies about 7.6 miles southwest of Johnson and roughly 126.9 miles northwest of Manchester as the crow flies.
At 880 feet it is among the ten tallest of the 158 Vermont waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 1st. The tallest single drop is 320 feet. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another.
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 22 recorded waterfalls in Lamoille County. Carwash Falls, a 75-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Hell Brook Cascades, a 180-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Bingham Falls, a 90-foot tiered waterfall, is about 2.9 miles away.
Smugglers Falls is located at 44.5582° N, 72.7909° 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 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.