Billings Falls is an 18-foot waterfall on West Branch Pleasant River in Piscataquis County, Maine, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 12.4 miles east of Greenville and roughly 134.8 miles north of Portland as the crow flies.
At 18 feet it is on the modest side for Maine, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 29 feet; it ranks 54th of 80. By form it is a punchbowl, where the water is forced through a narrow gap into a large pool.
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. West Branch Pleasant River carries 5 recorded waterfalls, and Billings Falls is the tallest of them.
Piscataquis County holds 50 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Stair Falls, a cascade waterfall, is under a mile away. Buttermilk Falls, a 15-foot fan waterfall, is under a mile away. Jaws, The, is about 1.2 miles away.
Billings Falls is located at 45.4946° N, 69.3389° 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.