A roughly 32-foot waterfall on Houston Brook just above Wyman Lake, off the Old Canada Road Scenic Byway (Route 201) near Bingham. A short, downhill, root-laced path of about 0.2 miles each way reaches the falls and its swimming hole.
Its 32 ft drop is taller than about 24% of the 775 waterfalls we track.
Houston Brook Falls sits on Houston Brook. It lies in Somerset, Maine. The site is on public land managed by Private land open to the public.
This is a short hike waterfall: reached by a short trail, generally under about a mile each way. The walk in is brief — comfortable shoes are usually all you need. The walk to the main viewpoint runs about 0.4 miles round trip. The nearest town is Bingham.
When to go: Spring snowmelt (Apr-Jun). Flow usually peaks after snowmelt and heavy rain and tapers through late summer — a quick look at recent streamflow and the managing agency's conditions page can save a wasted trip.
