Paradise Falls is a 20-foot waterfall on Lost River in Grafton County, New Hampshire, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 6.4 miles northwest of Woodstock and roughly 73.8 miles north of Manchester as the crow flies.
At 20 feet it is on the modest side for New Hampshire, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 81st of 115. By form it is a plunge, where the water drops vertically and loses contact with the rock face.
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. Lost River carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Paradise Falls is the tallest of them.
Grafton County holds 98 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Proserpine, Falls of, a 15-foot plunge waterfall, is under a mile away. Beaver Brook Cascades, a 1,000-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1 miles away. Stark Falls, a 20-foot cascade waterfall, is about 1 miles away.
Paradise Falls is located at 44.0375° N, 71.7821° 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.