Waterfall · Connecticut

Cascades

Elevation, modelled: 39 m
Latitude: 41.2785
Longitude: -73.1220

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Cascades is a waterfall in Connecticut, at a modelled 39 m. Moose Hill stands 231 m to the north, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Cascade, a waterfall 0.9 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 2.5 miles off.

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Cascades. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Moose Hill	N 1°	231 m	8.5 mi
Fivemile Hill	N 355°	223 m	10.3 mi
Osborn Hill	NNW 330°	206 m	9.6 mi
Great Hill	N 3°	202 m	5.9 mi
Barn Hill	NW 324°	200 m	5.6 mi
Moose Hill	NW 311°	198 m	5.8 mi
Israel Hill	NW 319°	192 m	4.6 mi
Rockhouse Hill	N 353°	192 m	7.4 mi

On the road

2.5 mi off the Merritt ParkwayNational

Overlooks nearby

Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 17 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks

Historic sites

The Vine Sign3.4 mi
Witek Memorial3.8 mi
Robert G. Beach Memorial Park World War II Memorial3.9 mi
Vietnam Veterans Memorial4.3 mi
Martin Luther King Jr.5.0 mi

Beaches

Waterfalls35

Rest areas7

Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound)3.8 mi
Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound)3.8 mi
RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza21.6 mi
RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza21.6 mi
Wallingford Rest Area21.7 mi

Lighthouses5

Ghost towns1

Pleasure Beach8.5 mi

Light

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:57	18:28	19:05
June solstice	05:20	19:48	20:30
September equinox	06:41	18:15	18:52
December solstice	07:16	15:43	16:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Sources

OpenStreetMap record

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