Big Dog Falls
Big Dog Falls is a waterfall in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 418 m. Croydon Mountain stands 842 m to the south-southwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Litte Dog Falls, a waterfall 0.3 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 9.4 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 10 m
- Width
- 2 m
How to reach it
- 9.4 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 11.7 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 12.7 mi off the Crossroad of Vermont Byway
- 19.9 mi off the River Heritage Tour
Overlooks nearby
- Indian Ridge · 9 mi
- Norman Overlook · 10 mi
- Balch Hill · 10 mi
- Sunset Viewing Spot · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Petryk Woodland Preserve: 0.3 mi
- Henry Laramie Wildlife Management Area: 1.7 mi
- Henry Laramie WMA: 2.0 mi
- Snow Mountain Conservation Area: 2.0 mi
- Lower Shaker Wildlife Management Area: 2.2 mi
- Montcalm Hill: 0.5 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.4 mi
- Shaker Hill: 1.6 mi
- Jones Hill: 2.4 mi
- Methodist Hill: 2.7 mi
- Shaker Recreation Park: 1.6 mi
- Mascoma Lakeside Park: 3.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 3.4 mi
- Huse Park: 3.5 mi
- Fellows Hill: 4.5 mi
- Bouldering: 8.2 mi
- Winslow Ledge: 12.9 mi
- Holt's Ledge: 12.9 mi
- The Ledges: 17.6 mi
- The Bulkhead: 18.0 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 4.3 mi
- Pest House: 6.8 mi
- Cummings Dam: 6.9 mi
- Canaan Veterans' Memorial: 7.2 mi
- The Bill Farm: 7.4 mi
- Shakoma Beach: 2.8 mi
- North Cove Beach: 4.2 mi
- West Cove B Beach: 4.7 mi
- East Cove Beach: 4.7 mi
- West Cove A Beach: 4.8 mi
- Shaker Museum: 1.9 mi
- Canaan Historical Museum: 6.8 mi
- Main Street Museum: 10.0 mi
- Hood Museum of Art: 10.7 mi
- Montshire Museum of Science: 11.3 mi
- The Wrecker: 7.6 mi
- Refuge: 10.7 mi
- Dartmouth Panels: 10.7 mi
- Perdido: 10.7 mi
- Fountain Figure: 10.7 mi
- Litte Dog Falls: 0.3 mi
- Elizabeth Falls: 12.4 mi
- Sumner Falls: 12.5 mi
- Welton Falls: 14.2 mi
- Sculptured Rocks: 16.0 mi
- Willard Twin Covered Bridge: 10.8 mi
- Union Village Covered Bridge: 14.7 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 17.4 mi
- Sayre Bridge: 17.5 mi
- Edgell Covered Bridge: 19.0 mi
- Tipping Rock: 7.8 mi
- Lyman Point: 9.9 mi
- Train: Boston & Maine Engine 494: 9.9 mi
- Cardigan Mountain State Park: 10.5 mi
- Willard Covered Bridge: 10.8 mi
- Canillas Community Garden: 6.8 mi
- Life Sciences Greenhouse: 10.9 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 14.5 mi
- South Royalton Community Garden: 24.6 mi
- Goose Pond Park Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Hippy Hill: 14.4 mi
- Area 1: 16.0 mi
- Area 2: 16.4 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 8.8 mi
- Rest Area I-91 (South Bound): 10.9 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center - Sharon: 17.3 mi
- Breck-Plankey Spring: 19.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Big Dog Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croydon Mountain | SSW 209° | 842 m | 8.8 mi |
| Croydon Peak | SSW 209° | 841 m | 8.8 mi |
| Grantham Mountain | SSW 208° | 800 m | 7.3 mi |
| Melvin Hill | SE 129° | 698 m | 8.6 mi |
| South Peak | N 356° | 693 m | 8.8 mi |
| Pillsbury Ridge | SE 128° | 667 m | 8.7 mi |
| Prospect Hill | SSE 164° | 641 m | 1.4 mi |
| Stowell Hill | SW 217° | 620 m | 7.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:23 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:50 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:28 | 16:15 |
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 | 20 | 22 | 32 | 44 | 57 | 65 | 70 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lebanon Muni AP, 9 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Mar–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 156 | 162 | 313 | 640 | 343 | 178 | 112 | 92.3 | 89.9 | 143 | 188 | 193 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Mascoma River AT Mascoma, NH, 5 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/7888584086
Day trips start here
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 7 mi
- Lebanon · 7 mi
- Orange · 9 mi
- White River Junction · 10 mi
- Hanover · 11 mi
- Norwich · 13 mi
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