Great Falls is a 65-foot waterfall on Passumpsic River in Caledonia County, Vermont, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 1.1 miles southeast of Lyndon and roughly 104.2 miles northwest of Portland as the crow flies.
At 65 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Vermont’s 158 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 36th; the typical Vermont waterfall is about 30 feet. By form it is a segmented waterfall, splitting into two or more separate streams 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.
Caledonia County holds 16 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Emerson Falls, a 47-foot cascade waterfall, is about 5 miles away. Quimby Brook Falls, a 20-foot tiered waterfall, is about 5.3 miles away. Calendar Brook Falls, a 12-foot slide waterfall, is about 7.3 miles away.
Great Falls is located at 44.5011° N, 71.9983° 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.