Garnet Pool is a 12-foot waterfall on Peabody River in Coos County, New Hampshire, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 6.4 miles south of Gorham and roughly 65.4 miles northwest of Portland as the crow flies.
At 12 feet it is on the modest side for New Hampshire, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 98th of 115. The tallest single drop is 5 feet. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 3 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. Peabody River carries 4 recorded waterfalls, and Garnet Pool is the tallest of them.
Coos County holds 79 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Imp Brook Cascades, a cascade waterfall, is about 1.5 miles away. Emerald Pool, a 12-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1.7 miles away. Boulder Falls, is about 2.4 miles away.
Garnet Pool is located at 44.3027° N, 71.2219° 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.