3 Runs Falls
3 Runs Falls is a waterfall in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 392 m. Pine Hill stands 736 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Grove Hill, a peak 2.8 miles away. Bucktail Trail passes 1.9 miles off. 102 named places lie within 25 miles, 46 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Height
- 10 m
- Width
- 2.5 m
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Bucktail Trail
- 8.8 mi off the High Plateau Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Hyner View · 20 mi
102 named places within 25 miles
- Grove Hill: 2.8 mi
- Little Round Top: 4.4 mi
- McCormack Hill: 4.6 mi
- Savage Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Round Top Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Sinnamahoning Park: 5.2 mi
- Bucktail Overlook: 9.3 mi
- 9th Street Park: 13.8 mi
- South Renovo Park: 14.1 mi
- Burnside Park: 14.1 mi
- Three Runs Fire Tower Site: 6.7 mi
- Nuclear Jet Engine Test Site: 10.1 mi
- Noble-Chambers Memorial Forest: 10.3 mi
- Karthaus Furnace: 11.8 mi
- Blackwell Splash Dam: 13.0 mi
- Big Spring: 7.2 mi
- Yellowsnake Spring water trough: 9.0 mi
- Big Sterling Spring: 12.0 mi
- Memorial Spring: 17.7 mi
- Blowout Spring: 24.5 mi
- East Branch Swamp Natural Area: 12.5 mi
- Cranberry Swamp Natural Area: 14.6 mi
- Dr. Colson E. Blakeslee Memorial Recreation Area: 20.1 mi
- State Game Lands Number 92: 22.6 mi
- State Game Lands Number 78: 23.2 mi
- Greater Renovo Area Heritage Park: 13.6 mi
- Little Museum: 13.9 mi
- The David House Heritage Museum: 16.8 mi
- Elk Country Visitor Center: 19.1 mi
- Centre County Rest Area Westbound: 17.7 mi
- Centre County Rest Area Eastbound: 18.0 mi
- Table Falls: 12.5 mi
- Sinnemahoning S.P. Wildlife Viewing Area: 14.9 mi
- Peale: 19.3 mi
- Buck Point: 20.8 mi
- Black Moshannon Beach: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of 3 Runs Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Hill | NNE 17° | 736 m | 24.1 mi |
| Chestnut Ridge-Clearfield County Highpoint | WSW 248° | 735 m | 19.7 mi |
| Elk Lick Knob | NNE 23° | 715 m | 21.1 mi |
| Big Knob | WSW 244° | 714 m | 19.1 mi |
| Bear Knob | S 169° | 713 m | 22.7 mi |
| Old Round Top | W 264° | 710 m | 18.3 mi |
| The Knobs | WSW 244° | 709 m | 19.1 mi |
| Bear Rocks | S 172° | 696 m | 21.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:48 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:08 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:02 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 69 | 68 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stevenson DAM, 9 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 1,364 | 1,444 | 2,397 | 2,235 | 1,568 | 825 | 437 | 335 | 398 | 494 | 972 | 1,345 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Sinnemahoning Creek at Sinnemahoning, PA, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6099461117
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