Rumford Falls
Maine · height not recorded · Last verified 2026-05-15
Rumford Falls is at 1,440 cfs of flow today, on the upper end of typical conditions.
Expect dry conditions today — don't drive out for this one. Flow is at 1,480 cfs (bottom 20% of the last 30 days, vs. 1,716 cfs average). The 7-day NOAA forecast shows no significant rain.
Right now
Streamflow
1,440 cfs
Androscoggin River at Rumford, · 19m ago
Today
75°F
Areas Of Fog then Mostly Sunny
Tonight
47°F
Partly Cloudy
Today's daylight
Sunrise 6:14 AM · Sunset 7:03 PM · 12h 49m
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: 1,230 cfs · 120% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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