Vaughan Stream Falls is a 188-foot waterfall on Vaughan Stream in Kennebec County, Maine, in the Acadian Plains and Hills region. It lies about 0.8 miles southwest of Hallowell and roughly 48.4 miles northeast of Portland as the crow flies.
At 188 feet it is among the ten tallest of the 80 Maine waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 4th. By form it is a cascade, descending over a series of rock steps rather than in a single drop.
The Acadian Plains and Hills of Maine are rolling, glaciated forest of spruce, fir and northern hardwoods with countless lakes, bogs and rivers. Rivers drop over granite and slate ledges in falls and rips. Vaughan Stream carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Vaughan Stream Falls is the tallest of them.
It is the only recorded waterfall in Kennebec County. Sheepscot Falls, is about 18.2 miles away. Great Falls, a dam waterfall, is about 24.2 miles away. Basin Falls, a segmented waterfall, is about 29.8 miles away.
Vaughan Stream Falls is located at 44.2758° N, 69.7997° 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 position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.