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Bear Rock Falls

Bear Rock Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Bear Rock Falls is a waterfall in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 474 m. Mount Everett stands 793 m to the north, 2.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Sages Ravine Falls, a waterfall 0.8 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 19 miles off.

This is the tallest waterfall in Massachusetts. However, the falls have not been fully surveyed yet and only a portion of it is viewable. The estimated height of Bear Rock Falls is between 200 to 400 feet tall.

The record

What the record says

Height
91 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.06211, -73.43682

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Garrett Garden and Green: 2.7 mi
  • East Twin Lake Water Access: 3.1 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 5.4 mi
  • Salisbury Village Open Space: 5.5 mi
  • Barnard Memorial Park: 5.6 mi
Museums: 37
Historic sites: 30
Waterfalls: 27
  • Sages Ravine Falls: 0.8 mi
  • Sages Ravine Falls: 0.8 mi
  • Sages Ravine Brook Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Upper Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Lower Falls: 2.0 mi
Artworks: 27
  • Newsboy Statue: 9.0 mi
  • Liebowitz Letter: 10.5 mi
  • Naked Lady: 10.7 mi
  • Diving Lady: 14.8 mi
  • Divine Mercy: 16.9 mi
Attractions: 19
Gardens: 14
Cliffs: 14
  • Devil’s Pulpit: 13.6 mi
  • The Beech: 18.9 mi
  • Space Invaders: 18.9 mi
  • Squirrel Wall: 19.0 mi
  • Cloud Buttress: 19.0 mi
Beaches: 7
Springs: 4
  • Cannavo Spring: 21.1 mi
  • Big Spring: 23.6 mi
  • Hermit spring: 23.8 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 24.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 3.1 mi
  • Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Bear Rock Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount EverettN 4°793 m2.7 mi
Mount FrissellWSW 252°747 m2.4 mi
Mount AshleyW 270°725 m2.0 mi
Mount RaceN 10°723 m1.4 mi
Bear MountainSW 218°708 m1.5 mi
Brace MountainWSW 247°706 m3.1 mi
South Brace MountainWSW 240°702 m3.2 mi
Round MountainWSW 246°695 m2.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:1919:5120:34
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1915:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634475766717062504030
Precip in3.12.33.33.34.64.33.83.84.54.22.93.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Copake, 7 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs1,1609881,4831,5429727357455145276528471,219

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Housatonic River Near Ashley Falls, MA, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6026140882

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