Swans Falls
Oxford County, Maine
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Oxford County, Maine
- Access status
- Partial guide: paddling access and fee documented; no walking viewpoint described
- The walk
- Short walk from the canoe access parking; distance not published
- Ground & access
- Riverbank at a dam. Keep away from the dam and the water below it.
From US 302 in Fryeburg, take Swans Falls Road 0.7 mile to the Swan's Falls take-out on the right, run by the Saco River Recreation Council. Swan's Falls Dam is just downstream of the take-out, where paddlers portage on the right bank. No marked viewing path is described.
Plan your visit
Swan's Falls canoe access at 189 Swans Falls Road to the riverbank by Swan's Falls Dam
Sources are paddling guides and give only the 0.7-mile drive on Swans Falls Road. No walking distance to a viewpoint is stated.
Riverbank at a dam. Keep away from the dam and the water below it.
Where to start
Saco River Recreation Council canoe access parking at 189 Swans Falls Road.
Timing & water
Current access and fees unverified outside the paddling season.
Before you go
Parking at the Swan's Falls canoe access is $10, free for Fryeburg residents with ID, per Maine Trail Finder. Passes sold at the campground store.
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