Angel Falls (Maine)

Coordinates: 44°46′58″N 70°42′35″W / 44.7829°N 70.7096°W / 44.7829; -70.7096

Angel Falls
Angel Falls, in Maine
Location Franklin County, Maine United States
Type Horsetail[1]
Total height 27m (90 ft)
Number of drops 1
Longest drop 27m (90 ft)

Angel Falls is a 90-foot (27 m) waterfall on Mountain Brook in Township D northwest of Houghton in the White Mountains of Franklin County, Maine. The "remarkably scenic"[2] Angel Falls is a set of plunging tiers totaling 90 feet (27 m) in height, and with surrounding cliffs of 115 feet (35 m) in height. Flowing out of a 25-foot-wide gap (7.6 m) in the cliff, it is thought by many to be the tallest waterfall in Maine, tied for height with Moxie Falls,[2] though this is not the case; as Katahdin Falls, also in Maine, is some 710 feet (220 m) taller.[1] Angel Falls is so named as, when the water flow is right, the falls appear as an angel.[3]

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