Smalls Falls
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canyonwalkerMaine Week Travelog #23
Sandy River, ME - Saturday, 19 Jun 2021, 2pm.
I made it abundantly clear in blogs earlier this week that Maine has a lot of poorly chosen place names. Today we found another one: Smalls Falls. These falls are small only compared to the biggest waterfalls out there. For Maine, especially, these are pretty awesome!
![Smalls Falls lower cascades, Maine [Jun 2021]](https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/canyonwalker/33413618/742830/742830_original.jpg "Smalls Falls lower cascades, Maine [Jun 2021]")
Lots of other folks think these falls are awesome, too. The parking lot was crowded (by Maine standards; in California it'd be overflowing 1/4 mile up and down the road) and the pool at the bottom of the falls was full of people wading in the water. I timed the pic above to look about as un-crowded as I could manage.
While you can wade into the pool beneath the lower falls— and many people do— there's also a footbridge leading to the opposite side. From there the steep slope up the falls is just passable enough to climb your way up. We did, along with various others.
![Smalls Falls lower cascade, Maine [Jun 2021]](https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/canyonwalker/33413618/742995/742995_original.jpg "Smalls Falls lower cascade, Maine [Jun 2021]")
As you climb up the opposite side more segments of the falls keep coming into view. It's awesome that there's so much to see here in such a short distance.
![Smalls Falls upper cascade, Maine [Jun 2021]](https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/canyonwalker/33413618/743290/743290_original.jpg "Smalls Falls upper cascade, Maine [Jun 2021]")
The upper sections of the falls had fewer people at them. We enjoying walking out on the bare rock. We weren't really interested in wading in the pools or skidding down some of the chutes... although other people were. For us the water was cold and the air wasn't really warm enough for "Let's take a dip in chilly water!" Maybe that's a difference between Mainers and Californians.
The weather held out through part of our time at Smalls Falls. Suddenly the skies darkened and within minutes it was raining! Stay tuned for what happened next....
Sandy River, ME - Saturday, 19 Jun 2021, 2pm.
I made it abundantly clear in blogs earlier this week that Maine has a lot of poorly chosen place names. Today we found another one: Smalls Falls. These falls are small only compared to the biggest waterfalls out there. For Maine, especially, these are pretty awesome!
Lots of other folks think these falls are awesome, too. The parking lot was crowded (by Maine standards; in California it'd be overflowing 1/4 mile up and down the road) and the pool at the bottom of the falls was full of people wading in the water. I timed the pic above to look about as un-crowded as I could manage.
While you can wade into the pool beneath the lower falls— and many people do— there's also a footbridge leading to the opposite side. From there the steep slope up the falls is just passable enough to climb your way up. We did, along with various others.
As you climb up the opposite side more segments of the falls keep coming into view. It's awesome that there's so much to see here in such a short distance.
The upper sections of the falls had fewer people at them. We enjoying walking out on the bare rock. We weren't really interested in wading in the pools or skidding down some of the chutes... although other people were. For us the water was cold and the air wasn't really warm enough for "Let's take a dip in chilly water!" Maybe that's a difference between Mainers and Californians.
The weather held out through part of our time at Smalls Falls. Suddenly the skies darkened and within minutes it was raining! Stay tuned for what happened next....
