Grand Falls
Grand Falls is a waterfall in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 120 m. Baxter Peak stands 1,605 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Shack Hill, a peak 1.4 miles away. KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY passes 3.0 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 6 m
How to reach it
- 3.0 mi off the Katahdin Woods & Waters Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Shack Hill: 1.4 mi
- Oak Knoll: 7.3 mi
- Hammond Ridge: 8.3 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 8.7 mi
- Ragged Mountain: 9.3 mi
- Carmen Brigalli Memorial Playground: 2.4 mi
- Kermit Crandall Park: 2.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 2.7 mi
- Hillcrest Park: 3.3 mi
- Katahdin Pride Park: 3.5 mi
- Seboeis Public Reserved Land: 13.4 mi
- Salmon Stream Lake Scenic Area: 13.7 mi
- Seboeis Plantation Public Reserved Land: 15.2 mi
- Gantniers Landing Scenic Area: 16.7 mi
- Molunkus Public Reserved Land: 18.9 mi
- Little Italy Veterans: 2.4 mi
- Rev Joseph D. Quinn: 2.5 mi
- World Wars Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps: 2.6 mi
- Millinocket Veterans Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Mud Gauntlet Falls: 16.7 mi
- Gauntlet Falls: 16.8 mi
- Cooper Brook Falls: 18.6 mi
- Abol Falls: 19.4 mi
- Tumbledown Dick Falls: 19.6 mi
- Togue Pond Beach: 17.0 mi
- Rum Brook Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
- Abol Beach Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
- Lunksoos Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
- Katahdin Lake Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
- Dolby Flowage: 5.3 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 8.2 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 8.3 mi
- Grindstone Falls Rest Area: 9.7 mi
- Windey Pitch: 19.6 mi
- The Gateway: 23.0 mi
- Table Land: 23.1 mi
- Millinocket Historical Society: 3.0 mi
- Antique Snowmobile Museum: 4.4 mi
- Big Omaha Beach: 15.6 mi
- Long Beach, Lower Togue Pond, Baxter State Park, Millinocket, Maine, USA: 15.8 mi
- Thoreau Spring: 22.6 mi
- Caribou Spring: 24.1 mi
- Pockwockamus Rock: 15.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.8 miles of Grand Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter Peak | NNW 333° | 1,605 m | 22.6 mi |
| South Peak | NNW 333° | 1,603 m | 22.4 mi |
| Pamola | NNW 334° | 1,495 m | 22.4 mi |
| Chimney Peak | NNW 334° | 1,491 m | 22.3 mi |
| Hamlin Peak | NNW 333° | 1,446 m | 24.0 mi |
| Howe Peaks | NNW 334° | 1,416 m | 24.5 mi |
| The Owl | NNW 329° | 1,104 m | 23.8 mi |
| Rum Mountain | NNW 332° | 1,026 m | 21.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:39 | 18:08 | 18:47 |
| June solstice | 04:46 | 19:42 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:22 | 17:55 | 18:34 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:05 | 15:54 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 13 | 14 | 25 | 38 | 51 | 61 | 67 | 65 | 57 | 44 | 33 | 21 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Millinocket Wastewater, 2 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jun — fullest in Apr, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 1,166 | 1,029 | 1,597 | 5,121 | 4,718 | 2,217 | 1,314 | 936 | 975 | 1,384 | 1,871 | 1,740 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge East Branch Penobscot River at Grindstone, Maine, 10 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/5063385566
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