Royalston Falls
Massachusetts · height not recorded · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Royalston Falls is light today (22 cfs) — visit for the geology, not the volume.
Right now
Streamflow
22.2 cfs
EAST BRANCH TULLY RIVER · 19m ago
Overnight
66°F
Mostly Cloudy
Friday
84°F
Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Today's daylight
Sunrise 5:20 AM · Sunset 8:28 PM · 15h 8m
Snapshot built 6m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS BOX.
Royalston Falls is a waterfall in Worcester County, Massachusetts. 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.
Royalston Falls sits in Worcester County, Massachusetts. It drops along Massachusetts along Falls Brook. The base sits at roughly 938 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 11 minutes from Orange. A trail — Falls Road (Tully Trail) — runs within 10 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.
Royalston Falls is a 50 foot (15 m) waterfall and granite gorge located in Royalston, Massachusetts along Falls Brook, a tributary of the Tully River which in turn is a tributary of the Millers River. The falls are part of a 217-acre (88 ha) open space preserve acquired in 1951 by the land conservation non-profit organization The Trustees of Reservations. The 22-mile (35 km) Tully Trail and the 235-mile (378 km) New England National Scenic Trail pass through the property.
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 01165000 · 5.2 mi away
EAST BRANCH TULLY RIVER NEAR ATHOL, MA
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royalston Falls (this page) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Spirit Falls | 4 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Doane's Falls | 5 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Doane's Falls | 5 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Falls Brook Falls | 7 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Pulpit Falls | 8 mi | — | — | — | — |
Questions visitors ask about Royalston 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 Royalston Falls from a major city?
Royalston Falls is 8 miles from Orange (about 11 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
42.7152, -72.2461
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royalston_Falls
Wikidata (Q7375115)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7375115
GeoNames (4949164)
https://www.geonames.org/4949164/
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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