Middle Falls
Coos County, New Hampshire
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Coos County, New Hampshire
- Access status
- Partial: short unsigned path with no official trail
- The walk
- About 300 to 400 feet
- Ground & access
- No official trail; rough bank walking. Falls are under 5 feet with pools.
Also called Middle Ammonoosuc Falls. Enter the woods on the obvious path in front of the parking area. After about 50 feet take a rough path right toward the river, then walk upstream along the bank with no defined trail. The lower pool appears after about 50 feet; continue upstream to the small falls and pools.
Plan your visit
Unsigned dirt pull-off on Base Road (Cog Railway road), rough path to the Ammonoosuc River and upstream along the bank
New England Waterfalls says the falls are only about 300 to 400 feet from the parking area.
No official trail; rough bank walking. Falls are under 5 feet with pools.
Where to start
First dirt parking area on the right side of Base Road, 1.9 miles from US 302 (4.5 miles east of Twin Mountain). Another area is 0.1 miles farther. Neither is signed.
Timing & water
No closure is stated by the source.
Before you go
White Mountain National Forest. No fee is stated by the source.
Visitor informationVisit sources
More waterfalls nearby
Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.
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- Gibbs FallsNational forest trail from a fee trailheadCoos County, NH3.1 miS
- Lower Ammonoosuc FallsShort walk on an old road to a swimming holeCoos County, NH3.2 miW
- Flume CascadeRoadside falls in Crawford Notch State ParkCarroll County, NH3.9 miS
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- Ripley FallsShort maintained trail in Crawford Notch State ParkCarroll County, NH7.2 miS
- Chandler FallPartial guide: trail junctions and distance to the falls are not publishedCoos County, NH7.7 miNE
Crystal Cascades FallsNational forest trail to an overlook69 ft (21 m) · Coos County, NH8.0 miE