Shin Falls

Penobscot County, Maine

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height: Not recorded
Location: Penobscot County, Maine
Access status: Visitor route and parking documented; private land open to the public
The walk: About 0.4 mile one way (about 0.8 mile return)
Ground & access: Easy woods path, then a steep, eroded descent to the base, sometimes with ropes. Maine by Foot warns against trying a loop up the sandy bank.

Follow Grand Lake Road 4.5 miles west from Shin Pond Village and turn left onto the dirt Shin Brook Road at a handmade sign. Park at the end of the quarter-mile road and take the trail from the southwest corner of the clearing. The path is easy until the falls, then you can stay on a bluff over the 30-foot main drop or descend a steep, eroded path to the base.

Plan your visit

End of Shin Brook Road off Grand Lake Road (Route 159) to Shin Brook Falls

Maine by Foot gives 0.4 miles one way. Return derived by doubling. The 4.5 miles is driving distance on Grand Lake Road.

Easy woods path, then a steep, eroded descent to the base, sometimes with ropes. Maine by Foot warns against trying a loop up the sandy bank.

Where to start

Clearing at the end of the 0.25-mile dirt entry road, which can be rough; high clearance suggested. New England Waterfalls says the falls are on private property where the public is currently welcome.

Timing & water

May to October per New England Waterfalls.

Before you go

Free per New England Waterfalls (2016).

Visitor information

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More waterfalls nearby

Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.

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Waterfall location

Penobscot County, Maine.

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