Sheffield Falls is a 20-foot waterfall on Miller Run in Caledonia County, Vermont, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 7.2 miles northwest of Lyndonville and roughly 112.8 miles northwest of Portland as the crow flies.
At 20 feet it is on the modest side for Vermont, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 94th of 158. The tallest single drop is 12 feet. 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.
Caledonia County holds 16 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Calendar Brook Falls, a 12-foot slide waterfall, is about 5.7 miles away. Quimby Brook Falls, a 20-foot tiered waterfall, is about 5.7 miles away. Great Falls, a 65-foot segmented waterfall, is about 9 miles away.
Sheffield Falls is located at 44.6014° N, 72.1144° 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.