Cascades Falls
Cascades Falls is a waterfall in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 202 m. Weed Patch Hill stands 322 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower Cascades Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Indiana's Historic Pathways passes 23 miles off.
The story
Human settlement in United States of America.
Wikidata Q30627071, matched on coordinates and name (365 m apart).
What the record says
- Height
- 5 m
How to reach it
- 22.6 mi off the Indiana's Historic Pathways, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Lower Cascades Park: 0.1 mi
- Upper Cascades Park: 0.8 mi
- Miller-Showers Park: 0.8 mi
- Crestmont Park: 1.3 mi
- Rev. Ernest D. Butler Park: 1.6 mi
- Pike Hill: 6.2 mi
- Jimmy Sexton Hill: 7.8 mi
- Bald Knob: 9.6 mi
- High King Hill: 10.5 mi
- Bucker Knob: 11.7 mi
- Griffy Lake Nature Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Latimer Woods: 3.4 mi
- Dan Willard Woods: 5.4 mi
- Scarlet Oak Woods: 5.5 mi
- Wayne Woods Nature Preserve: 5.6 mi
- Miller-Showers Park Renovation - 2003: 1.0 mi
- USS Indiana Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Monon Memorial Plaque: 1.9 mi
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: 1.9 mi
- Sample Gates: 2.0 mi
- Red, Blond, Black, and Olive: 0.7 mi
- Axis: 1.0 mi
- Bloomington Waters: 1.7 mi
- Bloomington Banquet: 1.7 mi
- The Human Brain: 1.8 mi
- Elizabeth Sage Costume Collection: 0.8 mi
- The Farmer House Museum: 1.5 mi
- William H. Mathers Museum of World Cultures: 1.7 mi
- Monroe County History Center: 1.9 mi
- WonderLab Museum: 1.9 mi
- Upland Brewing Company: 1.4 mi
- Monroe Convention Center: 2.0 mi
- Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park: 2.7 mi
- Shirley Springs Cave: 5.9 mi
- Beanblossom Bottoms Nature Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Cedar Cliffs: 10.9 mi
- Crum Point: 11.2 mi
- Unlikely Wall: 11.8 mi
- Kelly Point: 12.3 mi
- Pine Bluff: 14.6 mi
- Butler Park Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Jesse H. and Beulah Chanley Cox Arboretum: 1.9 mi
- Wonderlab Garden: 1.9 mi
- Selma Steele’s garden: 11.1 mi
- Interpretive Garden: 16.8 mi
- Shady Pines Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- Scoutcraft: 11.3 mi
- Eagle Quest: 11.5 mi
- Public Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
- McCormick's Creek Waterfall: 11.9 mi
- Upper Cataract Falls: 22.2 mi
- Lower Cataract Falls: 22.8 mi
- Paynetown Beach: 9.7 mi
- Cataract Falls Covered Bridge: 22.2 mi
- Anita: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Cascades Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weed Patch Hill | E 96° | 322 m | 17.2 mi |
| Bearwallow Hill | ENE 77° | 313 m | 17.6 mi |
| Hohen Point | ESE 102° | 308 m | 17.0 mi |
| Hesitation Point | E 96° | 306 m | 16.2 mi |
| Cooks Hill | NE 52° | 292 m | 15.2 mi |
| Maple Hill | ENE 77° | 291 m | 12.1 mi |
| Mount Nebo | NE 35° | 291 m | 18.1 mi |
| Baughman Hill | ENE 76° | 287 m | 13.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:51 | 19:23 | 19:58 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:36 | 21:17 |
| September equinox | 07:34 | 19:10 | 19:45 |
| December solstice | 08:03 | 16:45 | 17:27 |
Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 33 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bloomington Indiana Univ, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/8907525863
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