Cold Stream Falls is a 25-foot waterfall on Cold Stream in Somerset County, Maine, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 21.4 miles west of Greenville and roughly 125.4 miles north of Portland as the crow flies.
At 25 feet it is on the modest side for Maine, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 29 feet; it ranks 44th of 80. By form it is a horsetail, where the water keeps some contact with the bedrock as it falls.
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.
Somerset County holds 18 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Parlin Stream Falls, a 57-foot tiered waterfall, is about 6.1 miles away. Carry Brook Falls, is about 6.9 miles away. Moxie Falls, a 90-foot tiered waterfall, is about 8.5 miles away.
Cold Stream Falls is located at 45.4658° N, 70.0321° 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.