Glen Ellis Falls
New Hampshire · 64-foot drop · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Glen Ellis Falls is light today (22 cfs) — visit for the geology, not the volume.
Right now
Streamflow
21.9 cfs
Peabody River at Gorham, · 50m ago
Overnight
54°F
Partly Cloudy
Tuesday
74°F
Partly Sunny then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely
Today's daylight
Sunrise 5:27 AM · Sunset 8:15 PM · 14h 47m
Snapshot built 11m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS GYX.
No verified photo yet
Glen Ellis Falls is a waterfall in Coos County, New Hampshire. It drops roughly 64 feet. Access details and conditions have not yet been verified in person by Fallspots — the data on this page comes from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
Glen Ellis Falls sits in Coos County, New Hampshire. The base sits at roughly 1,945 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 15 minutes from Gorham. A trail — Glen Ellis Falls Trail — runs within 20 meters of the marked location. No public parking is recorded within 2 km, so a longer approach is likely. It draws modest visitor attention — busier weekends, quiet weekdays. Source records come from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
Is the water flowing right now?
Most waterfall sites don't tell you this. The waterfall itself is almost never gauged, but a USGS streamgage in the same watershed can tell you whether snowmelt has started, peaked, or run dry.
USGS gage 01054114 · 10.3 mi away
Peabody River at Gorham, New Hampshire
— Distant gauge — proxy reading, not on the same drainage.
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30-day streamflow
Below 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 28 cfs · 78% of last year — similar
Compare to nearby falls
If this one isn't the right fit, here's how it stacks up against the closest documented falls. Every column is filterable on the site — not buried in 13,000 reviews.
| Waterfall | Distance | Height | Trail | Dogs | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Ellis Falls (this page) | — | 64 ft | — | — | — |
| Crystal Cascades Falls | 1 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Thompson Falls | 2 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Winniweta Falls | 5 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Salmacis Fall | 7 mi | — | — | Y | Free |
| Chandler Fall | 7 mi | — | — | Y | Free |
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Questions visitors ask about Glen Ellis Falls
Answers built from our structured data. If a question isn't here, the fact is unverified — we'd rather omit than guess.
How tall is Glen Ellis Falls?
Glen Ellis Falls is 64 feet (19.5 m) tall. Height is sourced from OSM.
How far is Glen Ellis Falls from a major city?
Glen Ellis Falls is 11 miles from Gorham (about 15 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
44.2442, -71.2525
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikidata (Q115199042)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115199042
GeoNames (5086590)
https://www.geonames.org/5086590/
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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