Putnamville Falls is a waterfall on North Branch Winooski River in Washington County, Vermont, in the Northeastern Highlands region, with a total height of about 28 feet. It lies about 5.6 miles north of Montpelier and roughly 108.3 miles northwest of Manchester as the crow flies.
At 28 feet it is on the modest side for Vermont, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 81st of 158. The tallest single drop is 13 feet. The water comes down as 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. North Branch Winooski River carries 3 recorded waterfalls, and Putnamville Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 41 recorded waterfalls in Washington County. Mill, The, an 11-foot punchbowl waterfall, is about 2.4 miles away. Pekin Brook Falls, a cascade waterfall, is about 4.6 miles away. Hancock Brook Falls, a 120-foot tiered waterfall, is about 5.8 miles away.
Putnamville Falls is located at 44.3411° N, 72.5652° 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.