New Hampshire
Purgatory Falls
15 mi from Manchester · ~25 min drive
No height recorded
Purgatory Falls is a named waterfall in New Hampshire — about 15 miles from Manchester, NH. Full visit details below.
- State
- New Hampshire
- Nearest city
- Manchester, NH · 15 mi · ~25 min drive
- Coordinates
- 42.8873°, -71.7081°
- County
- Hillsborough
Visiting Purgatory Falls
The exact location is at 42.8873°, -71.7081° — open in Google Maps for driving directions from your location.
Before you go: check current conditions with the appropriate land manager — state parks department, U.S. Forest Service ranger district, or National Park Service unit. Trail access, parking, water levels, and seasonal closures all vary. Several waterfalls in our database are seasonal and may run dry between mid-summer and the next rainy season.
If you've visited Purgatory Falls and have current notes (parking situation, dog policy, seasonality, kid-friendliness), tell us at /contact — we update pages as we learn more.
Stay nearby
Driving in? The nearest documented metro is Manchester, NH — 15 miles away (~25 min drive).
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Sources
Location and tag data for Purgatory Falls comes from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL license) . We do not modify the underlying data — this page presents what's already publicly recorded. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page or contact us.