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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: 44
Historic sites: 39
  • 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
Artworks: 17
Beaches: 17
  • 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
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: 5
  • Devil's Acre spring: 9.1 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 13.9 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 17.7 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 18.7 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 20.8 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 MountainWNW1,228 m9.4 mi
Black DomeNNW1,217 m10.8 mi
Thomas Cole MountainNNW1,205 m11.0 mi
BlackheadNNW1,201 m10.4 mi
Plateau MountainWNW1,169 m5.8 mi
Sugarloaf MountainW1,160 m4.5 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainWNW1,140 m9.6 mi
Kaaterskill High PeakNNW1,113 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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