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Fletcher Cascades

Grafton County, New Hampshire

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height
Not recorded
Location
Grafton County, New Hampshire
Access status
National forest trail into the Sandwich Range Wilderness
The walk
About 3.2 miles return
Ground & access
Easy to moderate. Wet sections, a stream crossing, stone steps and a short steep climb. Steep, slippery rock at the cascade.
Trail Finder: Fletchers Cascade

Fletchers Cascade is a series of chutes and ledges on Bowlder Brook in the Sandwich Range Wilderness, White Mountain National Forest. From the Sandwich Mountain and Drakes Brook parking lot, go left and around the gate. Follow the Drakes Brook cross-country ski trail for about 0.4 miles. Shortly after the Drakes Brook hiking trail splits right, turn onto the Fletchers Cascade Trail. It climbs gently along Bowlder Brook into the wilderness, crosses a stream, climbs a stone staircase and then goes steeply beside the brook. At a tall rock face the trail turns sharply left to the cascade. Do not climb across or above the cascade.

Plan your visit

Sandwich Mountain and Drakes Brook trailhead on NH 49, Drakes Brook ski trail and Fletchers Cascade Trail to Fletchers Cascade

Waterville Valley Resort and Trail Finder both give 3.2 miles for the out-and-back.

Easy to moderate. Wet sections, a stream crossing, stone steps and a short steep climb. Steep, slippery rock at the cascade.

Where to start

Sandwich Mountain and Drakes Brook parking lot on the east side of NH 49, 10.0 miles north of I-93 exit 28 and one mile south of Waterville Valley.

Timing & water

The cascade is seasonal and best in high water.

Before you go

No fee is listed by Trail Finder. The trailhead is not on the White Mountain National Forest list of fee sites.

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

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Waterfall location

Grafton County, New Hampshire.

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