Steep Falls is a 15-foot waterfall on Pennesseewassee Outlet in Norway, Oxford County, Maine, where the stream passes under Main Street. The waterfall lies in Maine's Northeastern Highlands, where fast mountain streams drop over granite and gneiss ledges in chains of falls and pools.
The falls
World Waterfall Database lists the height at about 15 feet, on a record it marks unconfirmed for this Oxford County location. USGS-derived mapping places the falls at about 381 feet in elevation, matching this listing's location, and confirms it as a feature separate from the better-known Steep Falls on the Saco River in Cumberland County.
Getting there
The stream is Pennesseewassee Outlet, named in Norway's 2023 assessment of the Main Street bridge that crosses it. The falls sit at that same crossing, about 0.8 miles from the town center of Norway. No official viewpoint, parking area, path, hours, or fee is documented.
History and name
Norway's town planning documents identify the site as a former mill-site area.
Nearby
Bisco Falls is about 5.4 miles away, Snow Falls on the Little Androscoggin River about 6.7 miles, Basin Falls about 8.8 miles, and Kezar Falls on the Kezar River about 14 miles.
Distances are straight-line.