South Branch Falls is a 15-foot waterfall on South Branch Ponds Brook in Piscataquis County, Maine, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 24 miles west of Patten as the crow flies.
At 15 feet it is on the modest side for Maine, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 29 feet; it ranks 62nd of 80. The tallest single drop is 4 feet. By form it is 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.
Piscataquis County holds 50 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Howe Brook Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 2 miles away. Billfish Brook Falls, a 120-foot tiered waterfall, is about 4.8 miles away. Grand Pitch, a segmented waterfall, is about 6.1 miles away.
South Branch Falls is located at 46.1186° N, 68.9139° 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.