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Lower Purgatory Falls
Lyndeborough, New Hampshire
A striking ~0.8 mi RT chasm-and-pool waterfall on Purgatory Brook in Lyndeborough.
At a glance
Overview
Lower Purgatory Falls is one of southern New Hampshire's most popular small waterfalls, on Purgatory Brook in Lyndeborough. Access is via the Lower Purgatory Falls Trail from a signed trailhead on Center Road — about a 0.8-mile round-trip walk to a striking chasm with vertical rock walls and a drop into a dark green pool. Paired with Middle and Upper Purgatory Falls upstream on the same brook for a full Purgatory Brook day. Pool is cold and rocky; stay off the wet ledge above the chasm.
- Also known as
- Lower Purgatory Chasm
- County
- Hillsborough County
- Region
- Southern New Hampshire
- Water type
- Waterfall
- Waterfall type
- Cascade
Know before you go
Public
Conditions
Conditions snapshot
Check posted signs and official updates before entering.
Getting there
From Lyndeborough village, follow Center Road to the signed Lower Purgatory Falls trailhead. Walk the marked trail ~0.4 miles to the chasm.
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