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Ice Fall

Ice Fall, seen from above at true elevation

Ice Fall is a cliff in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 504 m. Mount Wachusett stands 609 m to the east-southeast, 0.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Ice Fall (in winter), a cliff 0.2 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.

Cliff has an interesting ice formation on its right side (when looking up at it, winter only).

The record

What the record says

Height
6 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.49186, -71.89996

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Observation Tower: 0.7 mi
  • Giant Shopping Cart: 3.8 mi
  • Yellow Chair: 5.4 mi
  • Moses' Rock: 6.9 mi
  • Coggshall Rock Ledges & Cliffs: 6.9 mi
Peaks
  • Mount Wachusett: 0.7 mi
  • Pine Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Perry Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Church Rock: 1.8 mi
  • Little Wachusett: 2.0 mi
Parks
  • Forrester: 2.1 mi
  • Goodnow Park: 3.0 mi
  • Westminster State Forest: 3.1 mi
  • Hubbardston Road Park: 3.3 mi
  • Westminster Town Common: 3.5 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • "Johnny Ro": 9.0 mi
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 10.0 mi
  • Folly: 12.6 mi
  • Pan Statue: 12.7 mi
  • Wo Peen, The Dreamer: 14.8 mi
Gardens: 35
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 8.2 mi
  • Prichard Street Community Garden: 8.2 mi
  • Maybarton Community Garden: 12.1 mi
  • Inner Park: 12.6 mi
Museums: 33
Beaches: 26
  • Crocker Pond Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Sterling Town Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Wilder Beach: 9.8 mi
  • The Beach at Arrive: 9.9 mi
  • Lunenburg Town Beach: 10.0 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Emerson Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Cascades: 6.8 mi
  • Trap Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 18.9 mi
Cliffs: 8
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
  • Trap Falls: 14.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 10.3 mi
Springs: 1
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 10.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Ice Fall. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WachusettESE 106°609 m0.7 mi
Little WachusettSSE 165°476 m2.0 mi
Pine HillESE 104°440 m1.4 mi
Brown HillS 184°401 m2.1 mi
Church RockNNW 342°398 m1.8 mi
Prentiss HillWNW 290°386 m2.2 mi
Ragged HillWNW 287°386 m6.3 mi
Bickford HillNW 326°385 m7.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1119:4620:29
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1515:3316:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465665706861493930
Precip in3.53.03.63.93.74.24.14.54.44.93.74.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barre Falls DAM, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/763249306

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