Hermit Falls is a 30-foot waterfall on Basin Brook in Carroll County, New Hampshire, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 10 miles southeast of Gorham and roughly 57.9 miles northwest of Portland as the crow flies.
At 30 feet it is taller than the typical New Hampshire waterfall of about 30 feet, ranking 55th of 115 with a recorded height. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 2 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.
Carroll County holds 42 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Basin Trail Cascades, a cascade waterfall, is about 1.1 miles away. Mad River Falls, a 100-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1.8 miles away across the state line in Maine. Brickett Falls, a 30-foot cascade waterfall, is about 2 miles away.
Hermit Falls is located at 44.2789° N, 71.0386° 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.