Rumford Falls
Maine · height not recorded · Last verified 2026-05-15
Rumford Falls is at 1,590 cfs of flow today, on the upper end of typical conditions. October averages 1.6 snow days here.
Right now
Streamflow
1,590 cfs
Androscoggin River at Rumford, · 23m ago
Today
64°F
Sunny
Tonight
34°F
Mostly Clear
Today's daylight
Sunrise 7:09 AM · Sunset 5:42 PM · 10h 33m
Snapshot built 8m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS GYX.
Rumford Falls is a waterfall in Oxford County, Maine. 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.
Rumford Falls sits in Oxford County, Maine. The base sits at roughly 610 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 1 minutes from Rumford. OpenStreetMap shows a trail within 30 meters of the marked location, though the name isn't recorded. 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 01054500 · 0.9 mi away
Androscoggin River at Rumford, Maine
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30-day streamflow
Near 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 1,880 cfs · 88% of last year — similar
When to go (from the climate data, not our opinion)
Monthly averages from Open-Meteo's reanalysis dataset (2020–2024). Highlighted months are when we think the waterfall is at its best — but the numbers are the numbers regardless.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip (in) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29 | 11 | 3.5 | 16.2 |
| Feb | 31 | 10 | 2.5 | 12.2 |
| Mar | 40 | 20 | 3.7 | 11.8 |
| Apr | 51 | 31 | 4.4 | 6 |
| May | 65 | 42 | 3.2 | 0.4 |
| Jun | 74 | 53 | 4 | 0 |
| Jul | 78 | 59 | 4.6 | 0 |
| Aug | 76 | 58 | 3.6 | 0 |
| Sep | 70 | 51 | 3.4 | 0 |
| Oct | 58 | 41 | 4 | 1.6 |
| Nov | 45 | 29 | 3.1 | 5.6 |
| Dec | 34 | 19 | 5.3 | 11.6 |
Source: Open-Meteo Historical Weather API · ERA5 reanalysis 2020–2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rumford Falls (this page) | — | — | — | — | — |
| The Falls | 5 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Ellis Falls | 11 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Silver Ripple Cascade | 14 mi | — | — | — | — |
| The Cataracts | 17 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Bisco Falls | 18 mi | — | — | — | — |
Questions visitors ask about Rumford 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 Rumford Falls from a major city?
Rumford Falls is 1 miles from Rumford (about 1 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
44.5389, -70.5437
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikidata (Q12333942)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12333942
GeoNames (4977130)
https://www.geonames.org/4977130/
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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