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Ice Fall (in winter)

Ice Fall (in winter), seen from above at true elevation

Ice Fall (in winter) is a cliff in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 455 m. Mount Wachusett stands 609 m to the east-southeast, 0.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Ice Fall, a cliff 0.2 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 9.9 miles off.

This area grows a very long array of icicles as water seeps out of the ground and freezes while running over a small cliff.

The record

What the record says

Height
4 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.49248, -71.90337

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Observation Tower: 0.9 mi
  • Giant Shopping Cart: 3.7 mi
  • Yellow Chair: 5.2 mi
  • Moses' Rock: 7.0 mi
  • Coggshall Rock Ledges & Cliffs: 7.0 mi
Peaks
  • Mount Wachusett: 0.9 mi
  • Pine Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Perry Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Church Rock: 1.7 mi
  • Prentiss Hill: 2.0 mi
Parks
  • Forrester: 2.1 mi
  • Westminster State Forest: 2.9 mi
  • Goodnow Park: 3.1 mi
  • Hubbardston Road Park: 3.3 mi
  • Westminster Town Common: 3.4 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • "Johnny Ro": 9.2 mi
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 10.0 mi
  • Folly: 12.8 mi
  • Pan Statue: 12.9 mi
  • Wo Peen, The Dreamer: 15.0 mi
Gardens: 35
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 8.3 mi
  • Prichard Street Community Garden: 8.3 mi
  • Maybarton Community Garden: 12.3 mi
  • Inner Park: 12.7 mi
Museums: 33
Beaches: 26
  • Crocker Pond Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Sterling Town Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Wilder Beach: 9.9 mi
  • The Beach at Arrive: 10.0 mi
  • Lunenburg Town Beach: 10.1 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Emerson Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Cascades: 6.9 mi
  • Trap Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 18.6 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 18.7 mi
Cliffs: 8
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
  • Trap Falls: 14.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 10.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 10.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WachusettESE 106°609 m0.9 mi
Little WachusettSSE 161°476 m2.1 mi
Pine HillESE 104°440 m1.6 mi
Brown HillS 179°401 m2.2 mi
Church RockNNW 347°398 m1.7 mi
Reservoir HillNNW 327°389 m7.3 mi
Prentiss HillWNW 291°386 m2.0 mi
Ragged HillWNW 287°386 m6.2 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/763248229

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