Baby Flume, The is a waterfall on Pemigewasset River in Grafton County, New Hampshire, in the Northeastern Highlands region, with a total height of about 5 feet. It lies about 8.4 miles southwest of Deerfield and roughly 77.7 miles northwest of Portland as the crow flies.
At 5 feet it is one of the lowest falls in the state’s records: of the 115 New Hampshire waterfalls with a documented height only 0 are shorter, while the typical New Hampshire waterfall stands around 30 feet. The water comes down as a cascade, descending over a series of rock steps rather than in a single drop.
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. Pemigewasset River carries 5 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 30 feet.
There are 98 recorded waterfalls in Grafton County. Basin, The, an 8-foot punchbowl waterfall, is under a mile away. Cascade Brook Falls, a 240-foot cascade waterfall, is under a mile away. Kinsman Falls, a 20-foot plunge waterfall, is under a mile away.
Baby Flume, The is located at 44.1181° N, 71.6829° 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 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.