Big Wilson Falls is one of the recorded waterfalls on Big Wilson Stream in Piscataquis County, Maine, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 9.8 miles southeast of Greenville and roughly 125 miles north of Portland as the crow flies.
No height measurement has been recorded for it yet. 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. Big Wilson Stream carries 2 recorded waterfalls along its course.
There are 50 recorded waterfalls in Piscataquis County. Lower Little Wilson Falls, a 25-foot slide waterfall, is about 1.6 miles away. Little Wilson Falls, a 39-foot cascade waterfall, is about 1.8 miles away. Thompson Brook Falls, is about 2.3 miles away.
Big Wilson Falls is located at 45.3683° N, 69.4365° 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.