Little River Falls
Alabama · height not recorded · Last verified 2026-05-15
Today at Little River Falls: clear, 67°F.
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Sunrise 6:21 AM · Sunset 6:57 PM · 12h 36m
Snapshot built 11m ago. Sources: NWS BMX.
Little River Falls is a waterfall in DeKalb County, Alabama. Height has not been officially recorded. Access details and conditions have not yet been verified in person by Fallspots — the data on this page comes from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
Little River Falls sits in DeKalb County, Alabama. The base sits at roughly 1,240 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 8 minutes from Fort Payne. A trail — Little River Falls Boardwalk — runs within 50 meters of the marked location. No public parking is recorded within 2 km, so a longer approach is likely. This is one of the more frequently visited falls in the state by our popularity model. Source records come from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
Little River Falls is located within the Little River Canyon National Preserve in Alabama, United States. It marks the beginning of the Little River Canyon. On April 8, 2014, the falls set a record water flow of more than 11,000 cubic feet per second. This broke the old record set in 1964.
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 02398950 · 7.1 mi away
WEST FORK LITTLE R AT DESOTO PARK NR FORT PAYNE AL
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little River Falls (this page) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Little Falls | 1 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Grace's High Falls | 4 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Lodge Falls | 7 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Lost Falls | 7 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Laurel Falls | 7 mi | — | — | — | — |
Questions visitors ask about Little River Falls
Answers built from our structured data. If a question isn't here, the fact is unverified — we'd rather omit than guess.
How far is Little River Falls from a major city?
Little River Falls is 6 miles from Fort Payne (about 8 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
34.3952, -85.6272
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_River_Falls
Wikidata (Q38019)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38019
GeoNames (4073187)
https://www.geonames.org/4073187/
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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