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Arethusa Falls
Hart's Location, New Hampshire
Flagship long plunge in Crawford Notch State Park, reached by a ~3-mile round-trip mountain hike off US 302.
At a glance
Overview
Arethusa Falls is one of New Hampshire's tallest waterfalls - a long, slender drop on Bemis Brook in Crawford Notch State Park, reached by a real mountain hike from US 302. The trail runs roughly 2.9 to 3.1 miles round-trip with about 850 to 900 feet of elevation gain, and often rolls into a Bemis Brook Falls side-trip or a Frankenstein Cliff loop. This is a photo-first, hike-first waterfall - swimming is not recommended and the base is slick.
- Also known as
- Arethusa Falls Crawford Notch
- County
- Carroll County
- Region
- White Mountains
- Water type
- Waterfall
- Waterfall type
- Cascade
Know before you go
Public
Conditions
Conditions snapshot
Check posted signs and official updates before entering.
Getting there
Take US 302 in Crawford Notch to the signed Arethusa Falls trailhead lot south of the Willey House site. From the lot, cross the access road, pick up the Arethusa Falls Trail, and climb steadily to the base of the falls. The Bemis Brook Falls side trail branches left about 0.3 mile in and rejoins higher up.
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