Jefferson Falls is a 75-foot waterfall on Brewster River in Lamoille County, Vermont, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 7.2 miles west of Johnson and roughly 132 miles northwest of Manchester as the crow flies.
At 75 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Vermont’s 158 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 29th; the typical Vermont waterfall is about 30 feet. The tallest single drop is 25 feet. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 4 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. Brewster River carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Jefferson Falls is the tallest of them.
Lamoille County holds 22 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Jeff Falls, a 17-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Seymour River Falls, a punchbowl waterfall, is about 3.2 miles away. Carwash Falls, a 75-foot tiered waterfall, is about 4.9 miles away.
Jefferson Falls is located at 44.6300° N, 72.8274° 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.