Fletcher Cascades is a waterfall on North Fork Drakes Brook in Grafton County, New Hampshire, in the Northeastern Highlands region, with a total height of about 200 feet. It lies about 9.8 miles east of Thornton and roughly 64 miles west of Portland as the crow flies.
At 200 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of New Hampshire’s 115 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 15th; the typical New Hampshire waterfall is about 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.
There are 98 recorded waterfalls in Grafton County. Waterville Cascades, a 98-foot tiered waterfall, is about 2.4 miles away. Shell Cascade, a cascade waterfall, is about 2.4 miles away. Black Cascade, a block waterfall, is about 2.7 miles away.
Fletcher Cascades is located at 43.9277° N, 71.4854° 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 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.