Upper Glen Ellis Falls is a waterfall on Ellis River in Coos County, New Hampshire, in the Northeastern Highlands region, with a total height of about 10 feet. It lies about 10.6 miles south of Gorham and roughly 64 miles northwest of Portland as the crow flies.
At 10 feet it is on the modest side for New Hampshire, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 104th of 115. The water comes down as a cascade, descending over a series of rock steps rather than in a single 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. Ellis River carries 2 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 64 feet.
There are 79 recorded waterfalls in Coos County. Glen Ellis Falls, a 64-foot horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away. Crystal Cascade, a 100-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1.2 miles away. Chudacoff Falls, is about 1.4 miles away.
Upper Glen Ellis Falls is located at 44.2447° N, 71.2528° 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.