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Blue Hole Falls

Blue Hole Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Blue Hole Falls is a waterfall in New York, at a modelled elevation of 238 m. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the west-northwest, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Lemon Squeeze Falls, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
3 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.12034, -74.06453

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Andy Lee Field: 5.9 mi
  • Cantine Fields: 6.0 mi
  • Rip Van Winkle Lake Park: 6.0 mi
  • Cantine Complex: 6.2 mi
  • Cantine Memorial Field: 6.2 mi
Waterfalls: 53
Historic sites: 44
  • Boarding House: 1.4 mi
  • Tory Fort: 3.5 mi
  • Layman's Monument: 4.7 mi
  • cistern: 4.9 mi
  • stone house: 5.2 mi
Museums: 31
Cliffs: 18
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 0.3 mi
  • Hawks Rocks: 0.3 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 1.2 mi
  • Ministers Face: 2.8 mi
  • Hurricane Ledge: 2.9 mi
Beaches: 18
  • Saugerties Beach: 6.7 mi
  • West Landing: 8.7 mi
  • South Landing: 8.8 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 10.1 mi
  • Kingston Point Beach: 14.1 mi
Artworks: 17
Gardens: 12
  • The Walled Garden: 7.9 mi
  • The Upper Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 10.2 mi
  • Rough Garden: 10.5 mi
  • The Anna Jones Meditation Garden: 10.5 mi
Attractions: 7
  • The Old Game Farm: 8.7 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 12.4 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 12.8 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 14.6 mi
  • Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 19.2 mi
Springs: 6
  • Devil's Acre spring: 9.1 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 13.9 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 17.7 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 17.7 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 18.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainWNW 295°1,228.34 m9.4 mi
Black DomeNNW 344°1,217.37 m10.8 mi
Thomas Cole MountainNNW 341°1,204.87 m11.0 mi
BlackheadNNW 349°1,200.91 m10.4 mi
Plateau MountainWNW 282°1,168.91 m5.8 mi
Sugarloaf MountainW 280°1,160 m4.5 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainWNW 288°1,140 m9.6 mi
Kaaterskill High PeakNNW 344°1,113.13 m3.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2119:5420:36
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, 2 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs5974958191,126696434233191279368485654

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Esopus Creek AT Mount Marion NY, 7 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/11812678041

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