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Breakneck Falls

Breakneck Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Breakneck Falls is a waterfall in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 322 m. Annisville Hill stands 485 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Kildoo Falls, a waterfall 1.0 miles away. Lake Wilhelm Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Height
5 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.93745, -80.17852
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Portersville Steam Show: 1.6 mi
  • Lake Arthur Estates Park and Playground: 2.1 mi
  • Portersville Community Park: 2.3 mi
  • CJ Long Spartan Park: 6.8 mi
  • Victory Family Church Playground: 7.0 mi
Historic sites: 51
Nature reserves: 34
  • State Game Lands Number 216: 4.4 mi
  • Plain Grove Fens Natural Area: 8.2 mi
  • Hereford Manor Lakes: 8.3 mi
  • Wolf Creek Narrows Natural Area: 9.3 mi
  • Wolf Creek Narrows Natural Area: 10.1 mi
Peaks: 21
  • Portersville Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Fridays Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Fletcher Hill: 7.8 mi
  • Turkey Hill: 7.9 mi
  • Dight Hill: 10.2 mi
Museums: 18
  • Harlansburg Station Transportation Museum: 6.1 mi
  • Ellwood City Area Historical Society: 7.9 mi
  • Harmony Museum: 9.7 mi
  • Zelienople Historical Society: 10.2 mi
  • Beaver County Industrial Museum: 15.5 mi
Waterfalls: 12
Picnic sites: 6
  • Windy Knob Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
  • Lakeside Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
  • Picnic Tables for Building 500: 18.5 mi
  • Picnic tables for Building 800: 18.6 mi
  • Picnic Table: 23.5 mi
Gardens: 6
  • Prairie: 13.2 mi
  • Evergreen Arboretum: 13.3 mi
  • Prairie: 13.3 mi
  • Pollinator Garden: 15.2 mi
  • Beaver Community Garden: 17.9 mi
Artworks: 4
Attractions: 3
  • Harmony Weaver's Cabin: 9.7 mi
  • 155mm Gun M1: 14.8 mi
  • Indian Rock: 18.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Venango County Rest Area Eastbound: 21.6 mi
  • Venango County Rest Area Westbound: 22.0 mi
  • Mercer Welcome Center: 23.8 mi
Beaches: 2
Springs: 1
  • Lacock Spring: 17.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Breakneck Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Annisville HillENE 62°485 m22.4 mi
Boyers HillNE 55°463 m18.3 mi
Scharf HillNNE 33°453 m19.7 mi
Gilmore HillNNE 29°448 m18.6 mi
Portersville HillESE 107°445 m2.1 mi
Ethan HillNE 36°427 m15.1 mi
Big KnobS 184°423 m15.0 mi
Fletcher HillW 264°410 m7.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2518:5719:33
June solstice05:5020:1520:57
September equinox07:0918:4419:20
December solstice07:4316:1216:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252736475765706862514031
Precip in3.52.73.43.94.14.84.64.04.13.53.53.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Slippery Rock 1 SSW, 10 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs10710210311777.557.837.422.528.128.756.8105

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Muddy Creek near Portersville, PA, 3 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/3349551367

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