Bemis Falls
Carroll County, New Hampshire
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Carroll County, New Hampshire
- Access status
- Partial guide: the route is confirmed, but which drop is called Bemis Falls is uncertain
- The walk
- About 1.2 miles return
- Ground & access
- Maintained trail along the brook, getting very steep above Bemis Brook Falls where it climbs back to the Arethusa Falls Trail. Rocks are very slippery.
Bemis Falls most likely refers to Bemis Brook Falls, a set of small drops over orange and pink granite on Bemis Brook in Crawford Notch State Park. The name is not certain: New England Waterfalls says a state park sign labels Coliseum Falls, about 0.2 miles downstream, as Bemis Falls. Both are on the same trail. From the Arethusa Falls Trail, bear left onto the Bemis Brook Trail at 0.3 miles, pass Fawn Pool and Coliseum Falls, and continue to Bemis Brook Falls about 0.6 miles from the start.
Plan your visit
Arethusa Falls Trailhead off US 302, Arethusa Falls Trail and Bemis Brook Trail past Fawn Pool and Coliseum Falls to Bemis Brook Falls
Waterfall Hero gives 1.2 miles for the Bemis Brook waterfalls hike. Bemis Brook Falls is about 0.6 miles from the start; the trail then climbs steeply back to the Arethusa Falls Trail.
Maintained trail along the brook, getting very steep above Bemis Brook Falls where it climbs back to the Arethusa Falls Trail. Rocks are very slippery.
Where to start
Large parking area on the right side of Arethusa Falls Road, just off US 302 in Crawford Notch State Park.
Timing & water
No closure is stated.
Before you go
Trail Finder lists no fees for these trails.
Visitor informationVisit sources
More waterfalls nearby
Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.
Coliseum FallsState park trail; short walk on Bemis Brook TrailCarroll County, NH0.2 miE- Fawn PoolShort state park trail to a signed poolCarroll County, NH0.2 miE
Arethusa FallsMaintained state park trail to a tall waterfall138 ft (42 m) · Carroll County, NH0.7 miW- Ripley FallsShort maintained trail in Crawford Notch State ParkCarroll County, NH1.3 miNW
- Lower Nancy CascadesForest Service trail to the base of a tall cascade82 ft (25 m) · Carroll County, NH2.2 miS
- Middle Nancy CascadesPartial guide: national forest trail; which section is called Middle Nancy Cascades is not confirmed33 ft (10 m) · Carroll County, NH2.2 miS
- Upper Nancy CascadesPartial: trail to the cascades documented; which upper level this listing marks is not confirmed16 ft (5 m) · Carroll County, NH2.3 miS
- Flume CascadeRoadside falls in Crawford Notch State ParkCarroll County, NH4.4 miN
- Thoreau FallsNational forest wilderness trail from a fee trailhead80 ft (24.4 m) · Grafton County, NH4.9 miW