Reversing Falls

2020 Access Update: The Grange Hall is under new ownership, and the intention is to turn it into a grange museum of sorts. We're trying to build and keep a good relationship with the owner, and they would prefer that we park across the road rather than right next to the building. This is a tidal falls like Cohasset in Mass. and Blue Hill Falls in Hancock County, ME. Two wave holes are made by the tidal rip in a narrowing area pinched by two peninsulas (see the red "target" symbol in the attached TopoZone map, about 0.3 miles South of the bridge). In contrast to Cohasset, the fun here happens on an outgoing tide (which tends to make the water warmer than Maine ocean water). The higher the tide, the better, according to pjbuehner of the Northeast Paddlers' Massage Board. He also recommends driving slowly and being friendly in town. If you park at the Grange Hall by the bridge, and make the short paddle over to the Falls, you should be okay. See the Trip Report in the NPMB Board for more info. But be warned that the Falls Road putin can be problematic; again, parking at the Grange Hall is a better option.