North Hartland Falls is a waterfall on Ottauquechee River in Windsor County, Vermont, in the Northeastern Highlands region, with a total height of about 40 feet. It lies about 4.1 miles south of White River Junction and roughly 61.1 miles northwest of Manchester as the crow flies.
At 40 feet it is taller than the typical Vermont waterfall of about 30 feet, ranking 60th of 158 with a recorded height. The water comes down as a dam-created falls, where a man-made structure creates the 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. Ottauquechee River carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and North Hartland Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 16 recorded waterfalls in Windsor County. Sumner Falls, a 10-foot segmented waterfall, is about 2.5 miles away across the state line in New Hampshire. Quechee Village Falls, a 15-foot cascade waterfall, is about 5 miles away. Mascoma Falls, a cascade waterfall, is about 5.8 miles away across the state line in New Hampshire.
North Hartland Falls is located at 43.5933° N, 72.3496° 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.