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Welcome to Grand Falls Parish ...

Grand Falls Parish is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<1>.

Time Zone: Grand Falls Parish lies in the Atlantic Time Zone (AST/ADT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: AST- Heure Normale de l'Atlantique (HNA), ADT- Heure Avancée de l'Atlantique (HAA).

Note: If you travel west from Grand Falls Parish (for example, toward Cyr Plantation (ME)), you will soon leave Atlantic Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Grand Falls Parish: 506 & 428<2>

Communities near Grand Falls Parish ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Grand Falls Parish.

  • Caribou
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Caribou is located in Aroostook County (ME)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,622 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caribou <3>
  • Fort Fairfield
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Limestone
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Limestone is located in Aroostook County (ME)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,164 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Limestone <3>
  • Van Buren
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Van Buren is located in Aroostook County (ME)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,983 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Van Buren <3>
  • Saint Leonard Parish
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Saint Leonard
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Plaster Rock
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Sainte Anne de Madawaska
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • New Sweden
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Aroostook
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Grand Falls Parish. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Grand Falls Parish.

We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Grand Falls Parish. See our Newspapers Page for Grand Falls Parish.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Grand Falls Parish ...

Looking for more information about Grand Falls Parish? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Grand Falls Parish, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Grand Falls Parish.

Footnotes ...

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Grand Falls Parish - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<2>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 506 code has been Overlayed with the 428 area code. New phone numbers in the Grand Falls Parish area will be assigned with one of these codes: 506 or 428. As a result, placing a call in the Grand Falls Parish area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.