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Black Chasm Falls

Black Chasm Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Black Chasm Falls is a waterfall in New York, at a modelled elevation of 589 m. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the west-northwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Overlook Turnpike Primitive Bicycle Corridor, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
40 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.12072, -74.08399

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Rip Van Winkle Lake Park: 5.5 mi
  • Andy Lee Field: 5.5 mi
  • Woodstock Waterfall Park: 5.9 mi
  • The Comeau Property: 6.1 mi
  • Bearsville Park: 6.7 mi
Waterfalls: 54
Historic sites: 46
  • Boarding House: 0.8 mi
  • Tory Fort: 3.2 mi
  • Layman's Monument: 4.8 mi
  • cistern: 5.1 mi
  • stone house: 5.3 mi
Museums: 31
Cliffs: 19
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 0.7 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 0.8 mi
  • Hawks Rocks: 1.2 mi
  • Ministers Face: 2.7 mi
  • Hurricane Ledge: 2.8 mi
Beaches: 18
  • Saugerties Beach: 7.6 mi
  • West Landing: 9.6 mi
  • South Landing: 9.6 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 10.7 mi
  • Kingston Point Beach: 14.5 mi
Artworks: 17
Gardens: 12
  • The Walled Garden: 8.8 mi
  • The Upper Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 11.0 mi
  • Rough Garden: 11.2 mi
  • Ellipse: 11.3 mi
Attractions: 7
  • The Old Game Farm: 9.0 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 11.5 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 11.8 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 14.9 mi
  • Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 19.5 mi
Springs: 6
  • Devil's Acre spring: 8.2 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 13.5 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 17.1 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 17.1 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 18.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Black Chasm Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainWNW 298°1,228.34 m8.5 mi
Black DomeN 349°1,217.37 m10.5 mi
Thomas Cole MountainNNW 346°1,204.87 m10.7 mi
BlackheadN 354°1,200.91 m10.2 mi
West Kill MountainWNW 287°1,186 m11.0 mi
Plateau MountainWNW 284°1,168.91 m4.8 mi
Sugarloaf MountainWNW 282°1,160 m3.5 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainWNW 289°1,140 m8.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2119:5420:37
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:2215:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222431435463686660483828
Precip in4.94.05.75.24.86.05.56.36.37.04.97.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Platte Clove, 1 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Nov–Jan, Mar–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs5.23.86.39.76.32.33.03.82.44.25.27.5

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Myrtle Brook AT State Hwy 214 AT Edgewood NY, 8 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/8313206535

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