Step Falls Preserve

Step Falls Preserve: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: moderate; weekends busier. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this waterfall: Water flowing well · Low flow / trickle · Dry, no water · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Step Falls Preserve

Season: July to January, best August to November right after rains; most dry up from February to June.

Busiest days: Weekends and long holidays.

Crowd: Moderate; weekends busier.

Typical week: Mon light · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri light · Sat busy · Sun busy.

How to reach Step Falls Preserve — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 44.57374, -70.86862. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Step Falls Preserve

• Sunday River Whitecap · viewpoint · Coös · ~4 km · Must-see
• Baldpate Mountain · viewpoint · Coös · ~6 km · Must-see
• Grafton Notch State Park · sanctuary · Oxford · ~6 km · Must-see
• Grafton Notch · viewpoint · Coös · ~8 km · Must-see
• Old Speck Mountain · viewpoint · Coös · ~8 km · Must-see
• Sunday River Covered Bridge · attraction · Oxford · ~12 km · Must-see
• Mahoosuc Notch · viewpoint · Coös · ~13 km · Must-see
• Goose Eye Mountain · viewpoint · Coös · ~16 km · Must-see
• Success Pond · lake · Coös · ~17 km · Must-see
• Rumford Point Congregational Church · church · Oxford · ~22 km · Must-see
• Mount Success · viewpoint · Coös · ~22 km · Must-see
• Ellis Pond · lake · Oxford · ~22 km · Must-see
• Ellis Pond · lake · Coös · ~23 km · Must-see
• Elephant Mountain · viewpoint · Coös · ~28 km · Must-see
• Lower Richardson Lake · lake · Coös · ~29 km · Must-see
• Bald Cap · viewpoint · Coös · ~29 km · Must-see
• Umbagog State Park · sanctuary · Coös · ~30 km · Must-see
• Berlin Reservoir · lake · Coös · ~30 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Step Falls Preserve

Other waterfalls near Step Falls Preserve

• Rocky Gorge Scenic Area · waterfall · Carroll · ~89 km · Must-see
• Franconia Falls · waterfall · Grafton · ~100 km · Must-see
• Flume Gorge & Visitor Center · waterfall · Grafton · ~104 km · Must-see
• Great Falls Historic District (Windham, Maine) · waterfall · Cumberland · ~123 km · Must-see
• Moxie Falls · waterfall · Somerset · ~143 km · Must-see
• Step Falls Preserve · waterfall · Coös · ~0 km
• Screw Auger Falls · waterfall · Coös · ~3 km
• Screw Auger Falls · waterfall · Oxford · ~3 km
• Mother Walker Falls Gorge · waterfall · Coös · ~4 km
• Dunn Falls · waterfall · Coös · ~13 km

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