East Putney Falls is a waterfall on East Putney Brook in Windham County, Vermont, in the Northeastern Highlands region, with a total height of about 60 feet. It lies about 3 miles northwest of Westmoreland and roughly 52 miles west of Manchester as the crow flies.
At 60 feet it is taller than the typical Vermont waterfall of about 30 feet, ranking 40th of 158 with a recorded height. The tallest single drop is 20 feet. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 5 drops.
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.
There are 17 recorded waterfalls in Windham County. Sacketts Brook Falls, a cascade waterfall, is about 2.3 miles away. Fay Falls, a 20-foot tiered waterfall, is about 4.7 miles away across the state line in New Hampshire. Chesterfield Gorge, a 25-foot cascade waterfall, is about 6.6 miles away across the state line in New Hampshire.
East Putney Falls is located at 42.9935° N, 72.4839° 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.