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Cathles Trail Falls

Cathles Trail Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Cathles Trail Falls is a waterfall in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 126 m. Pine Mountain stands 421 m to the northwest, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Natural Areas), a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 20 miles off.

This is a seasonal waterfall, but fairly pretty during peak waterflow.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates41.90163, -72.85876
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • West Ledge: 0.8 mi
  • The Hedgehog: 1.3 mi
  • The Sugarloaf: 1.9 mi
  • Western Barndoor Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Weed Hill: 2.6 mi
Museums
Parks
  • Meadow Pond: 1.3 mi
  • Simsbury Farms Recreation Complex: 1.7 mi
  • Stratton Brook State Park: 2.9 mi
  • Memorial Park: 3.2 mi
  • Baxter Lawn: 3.2 mi
Historic sites: 55
  • Zygmunt Sacharko stone: 4.3 mi
  • Veeder Cabin Site: 4.9 mi
  • Daniel Hill Guilmartin: 5.1 mi
  • Farmington River Park Dedication 1995: 5.9 mi
  • Jones Memorial: 6.3 mi
Attractions: 51
  • Boehm house site: 1.3 mi
  • Manure Spreader: 2.9 mi
  • cellar hole: 3.2 mi
  • Drake High Road Bridge: 3.8 mi
  • Indian Council Caves: 4.9 mi
Artworks: 51
  • Bike Sculpture: 4.3 mi
  • Tumble Brook Sculpture: 8.3 mi
  • Cow: 9.0 mi
  • Cow Mermaid Statue: 9.9 mi
  • Painted Cow: 10.7 mi
Gardens: 44
  • Southwick Community Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Perennial Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 9.7 mi
  • Shade Garden: 9.7 mi
  • Primary Garden: 9.7 mi
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 36
Cliffs: 26
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 6.7 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 8.8 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 8.8 mi
  • Garden Wall: 8.9 mi
  • Superstructure: 9.8 mi
Beaches: 9
Springs: 4
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 7.5 mi
  • Big Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Hermit spring: 10.1 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 11.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 15.9 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 20.8 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 21.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Southington Rest Area: 22.8 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Cathles Trail Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNW421 m6.0 mi
Booth HillNW411 m10.0 mi
Center HillNW393 m8.8 mi
Morrison HillNNW370 m9.6 mi
Washington HillNW359 m4.6 mi
Ratlum MountainWSW358 m3.7 mi
South MountainN357 m9.9 mi
Wallens HillW339 m9.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4920:31
September equinox06:3918:1418:51
December solstice07:1715:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475867727063524030
Precip in3.73.24.24.04.04.94.54.34.85.23.94.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barkhamsted, 6 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs1,2801,1891,7672,0101,3851,1197576787098501,0081,282

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Farmington River AT Tariffville, CT, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/3811082456

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