Arethusa Falls
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Arethusa Falls is a waterfall in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 633 m. Mount Monroe stands 1,617 m to the north-northeast, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Bemis Falls, a waterfall 0.7 miles away. White Mountain Trail passes 1.3 miles off.
The story
Arethusa Falls is a waterfall in the White Mountains of New Hampshire in the United States. The waterfall occurs when the headwaters of Bemis Brook tumble over a granite cliff on the western slope of Crawford Notch. Arethusa holds the distinction of being the tallest single-drop waterfall in New Hampshire; some high-angle cascades surpass it in height, such as the Mahoosuc Range's seasonal Dryad Falls. Arethusa Falls was discovered by Edward Tuckerman in 1875. It was named after the nymph Arethusa, daughter of Nereus. At the time, the falls were measured to be 176 feet (54 m) tall, but the Appalachian Mountain Club now estimates the height at 140 feet (43 m). The falls are located within Crawford Notch State Park and are accessible by means of the 1.5-mile-long (2.4 km) Arethusa Falls Trail from U.S. Route 302.
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Wikidata Q37916, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 42 m
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the White Mountain Trail, National
- 1.3 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
- 8.9 mi off the Kancamagus Scenic Byway, National
- 14.7 mi off the Woodland Heritage Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Frankenstein Cliff · 1 mi
- Scenic Vista · 2 mi
- Webster cliffs · 3 mi
- Willey Brook Bridge Overlook · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Bemis: 1.4 mi
- Mount Nancy: 1.8 mi
- Mount Anderson: 2.7 mi
- Duck Pond Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Mount Willey: 2.9 mi
- Frankenstein Cliff: 1.4 mi
- Bugle Cliff: 4.6 mi
- Elephant Head: 4.7 mi
- Zeacliff: 5.7 mi
- Owl's Cliff: 7.3 mi
- Nancy Brook Research Natural Area: 2.1 mi
- Gibbs Brook Scenic Area: 5.4 mi
- Sawyer Pond Scenic Area: 6.8 mi
- Thorne Pond Conservation Area: 8.3 mi
- Bartlett Experimental Forest: 8.4 mi
- Bartlett Village Gazebo Park: 7.2 mi
- Morrell Family Community Complex: 7.7 mi
- Prospect Farm: 10.6 mi
- Cathedral Ledge State Park: 12.8 mi
- Twin Mountain Fish Hatchery: 13.4 mi
- Bemis Falls: 0.7 mi
- Coliseum Falls: 0.9 mi
- Fawn Pool: 0.9 mi
- Ripley Falls: 1.0 mi
- Middle Nancy Cascades: 2.2 mi
- Nor'Easter Mountain Coaster: 9.2 mi
- Attitash Alpine Slide: 9.7 mi
- Mount Washington Observatory: 9.7 mi
- Lower Pool: 10.5 mi
- Eggs-traordinary Farm Tractors: 10.8 mi
- Museum of White Mountain Art / Jackson Historical Society: 10.5 mi
- Old Man of the Mountain Museum: 14.4 mi
- MWOBs Admin Office: 14.5 mi
- Conway Railroad Museum: 14.6 mi
- New England Ski Museum: 14.7 mi
- Sawyer Rock Picnic Ground: 5.9 mi
- Eisenhower Memorial Area: 6.6 mi
- Glen Ellis Scenic Area: 9.7 mi
- Zealand Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
- Sabbaday Falls Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
- Willey House: 2.5 mi
- Memorial Boulders: 11.4 mi
- Nancy Pfannenstiehl: 14.7 mi
- Governor Gallen Memorial: 14.7 mi
- Jarhead Motorcycle Memorial: 14.7 mi
- Echo Lake Beach: 15.1 mi
- Beach Area #1: 17.2 mi
- Beach Area #2: 17.5 mi
- Geneva Beach: 19.1 mi
- Boulder Beach: 19.3 mi
- lower falls: 11.7 mi
- Gulfside Spring: 11.9 mi
- Spaulding Spring: 12.1 mi
- Peabody Spring: 12.7 mi
- Liberty Spring: 12.8 mi
- Hannes Schneider: 15.3 mi
- Tree Harp: 21.9 mi
- Pollyanna Statue: 21.9 mi
- Sunflowers: 21.9 mi
- Boise Rock: 14.2 mi
- The Basin, East: 14.4 mi
- The Basin, West: 14.5 mi
- Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 14.9 mi
- Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 24.4 mi
- Livermore: 5.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Arethusa Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Monroe | NNE 25° | 1,617 m | 8.3 mi |
| Little Monroe | NNE 24° | 1,567 m | 8.1 mi |
| Mount Franklin | NNE 23° | 1,516 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mount Eisenhower | NNE 18° | 1,449 m | 6.8 mi |
| Mount Bond | W 274° | 1,432 m | 6.9 mi |
| Mount Carrigain | SW 216° | 1,422 m | 4.5 mi |
| Mount Guyot | WNW 282° | 1,396 m | 7.2 mi |
| West Bond | W 274° | 1,358 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:20 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:03 | 19:49 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:23 | 16:10 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 6 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 36 | 46 | 50 | 49 | 43 | 31 | 21 | 12 |
| Precip in | 5.7 | 5.4 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 10.0 | 8.1 | 7.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Washington, 10 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–May, Dec — fullest in Apr, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 209 | 134 | 274 | 699 | 589 | 223 | 176 | 129 | 104 | 260 | 241 | 347 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Saco River AT River Street, AT Bartlett, NH, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/932070533
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