Caron Park Falls
Caron Park Falls is a waterfall in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 320 m. East Prairie Hill stands 297 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Molly Falls, a waterfall less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road passes 26 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Height
- 1.5 m
How to reach it
- 26.0 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Caron Park: 0.1 mi
- Meadows Park: 4.7 mi
- City Park: 4.8 mi
- Whipple Heights Park: 5.4 mi
- City View Park: 5.4 mi
- Prairie Creek Woods SNA: 3.3 mi
- Cannon River Wilderness Park: 3.3 mi
- Prairie Creek Woods SNA: 3.6 mi
- Cannon River Trout Lily SNA: 3.8 mi
- Cannon River Trout Lily SNA: 3.9 mi
- Rice County Historical Society: 6.0 mi
- Northfield Historical Society: 7.3 mi
- Millersburg School: 9.6 mi
- Kenyon Area Historical Society at the Gunderson House: 10.0 mi
- Cannon Falls Historical Museum: 16.9 mi
- Archibald Mill Ruins: 5.9 mi
- Mill Towns Trail Info: 5.9 mi
- Alexander Faribault House: 6.5 mi
- Rice County Veterans Memorial: 6.5 mi
- Northfield Area Veterans Memorial: 7.0 mi
- Between Earth and Sky: 5.9 mi
- Voices, Thoughts, & Spirits in the Wind: 7.0 mi
- Love Windmill: 7.3 mi
- Harvest: 7.3 mi
- Flame: 7.4 mi
- Northfield Community Garden: 5.9 mi
- Ruth Nutting Memorial Garden: 6.1 mi
- Remembrance Garden: 7.1 mi
- Bee Garden: 7.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 7.2 mi
- Hill of Three Oaks: 7.9 mi
- West Praire Hill: 12.3 mi
- East Prairie Hill: 12.5 mi
- Friendship Point: 14.7 mi
- Mount Krystosek: 21.4 mi
- Rice County Fairgrounds: 6.1 mi
- Santa's Cottage: 7.3 mi
- Memorial Chime Tower: 7.7 mi
- Cannon Valley Fairgrounds: 16.8 mi
- John Liebenstein Memorial Rest Area: 6.2 mi
- Heath Creek Rest Area - Northbound: 9.3 mi
- New Market Rest Area - Southbound: 15.5 mi
- wayside rest: 24.3 mi
- Lake Byllesby Beach: 15.5 mi
- Lake Byllesby beach: 15.6 mi
- Lake Kohlmeier Beach: 19.8 mi
- Molly Falls: 0.0 mi
- Hidden Falls: 3.1 mi
- fire ring: 15.3 mi
- Anderson Memorial Rest Area: 20.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Caron Park Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Prairie Hill | NNE 33° | 297 m | 12.5 mi |
| West Praire Hill | NNE 32° | 294 m | 12.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:47 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 20:17 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 15:49 | 16:37 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 14 | 18 | 30 | 44 | 57 | 68 | 71 | 69 | 61 | 47 | 33 | 21 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Faribault, 6 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Mar–Jul — fullest in Apr, leanest in Jan.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 84.1 | 116 | 545 | 640 | 544 | 569 | 351 | 252 | 273 | 267 | 189 | 132 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Straight River Near Faribault, MN, 7 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/6778848092
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