Updated July 2026
Step Falls
A network of slides, cascades, and horsetails descending some 250 feet along Wight Brook in the Step Falls Preserve, reached by a roughly three-quarter-mile trail that steepens near the top.
Before you go
Waterfalls are hazardous by nature — wet rock, cold water, and unstable edges — and flow varies enormously with season and recent rain. Trail figures here describe the route as documented, not conditions today. Check Step Falls Preserve (Mahoosuc Land Trust) for closures and current conditions, and confirm land status before setting out.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Step Falls drops about 250 feet. That makes it the 63rd-tallest documented waterfall in this inventory, taller than roughly 91% of the falls listed here. Height comes from published land-manager and survey records, not from our own measurement.
The Step Falls Trail reaches it about 1.5 miles (out-and-back), rated moderate. The nearest town is Newry. That describes the route as documented, not conditions on the day — check with Step Falls Preserve (Mahoosuc Land Trust) for closures and current conditions.
Spring and early summer. Waterfall flow swings enormously with snowmelt and recent rain, so a fall that roars in spring can be a trickle by late summer.
More Maine waterfalls
- Angel Falls · 90 ft
- Dunn Falls · 80 ft
- Grand Falls · 40 ft
- Houston Brook Falls · 32 ft
- Katahdin Stream Falls · 50 ft
- Little and Big Niagara Falls
- Moxie Falls · 90 ft
- Screw Auger Falls · 23 ft
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