Cathles Trail Falls
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.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 19.9 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 22.9 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Town Open Space (Natural Areas): 0.3 mi
- Town Open Space (Natural Areas): 0.8 mi
- Town Open Space (Natural Areas): 0.9 mi
- Town Open Space (Natural Areas): 0.9 mi
- Town Open Space (Natural Areas): 0.9 mi
- 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
- 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
- Phelp's Tavern: 3.5 mi
- Salmon Brook Historical Society: 4.7 mi
- Old School House Museum: 5.8 mi
- New Hartford Historical Society Museum: 6.4 mi
- Avon Historical Society Museum: 6.5 mi
- Dorothy Auerbach Schiro: 3.7 mi
- 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
- Westledge Trail Cascades: 1.1 mi
- Northgate Falls: 1.1 mi
- Beach Brook Falls: 3.0 mi
- Carpenter's Falls: 3.1 mi
- Enders Falls: 3.8 mi
- 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
- 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
- Southwick Community Garden: 8.6 mi
- Perennial Garden: 9.6 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 9.7 mi
- Herb Garden: 9.7 mi
- Shade Garden: 9.7 mi
- 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
- Babbs Beach: 10.4 mi
- Holland Beach: 11.8 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 14.6 mi
- Boating Side: 20.8 mi
- Waterfront: 20.8 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 7.5 mi
- Big Spring: 8.2 mi
- Hermit spring: 10.1 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 11.3 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 22.7 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 15.9 mi
- Picnic Grove: 20.8 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 21.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 22.8 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 24.8 mi
- Gay City State Park: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Cathles Trail Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Mountain | NW 323° | 421 m | 6.0 mi |
| Booth Hill | NW 326° | 411 m | 10.0 mi |
| Center Hill | NW 311° | 393 m | 8.8 mi |
| Morrison Hill | NNW 331° | 370 m | 9.6 mi |
| Washington Hill | NW 322° | 359 m | 4.6 mi |
| Ratlum Mountain | WSW 256° | 358 m | 3.7 mi |
| South Mountain | N 356° | 357 m | 9.9 mi |
| Wallens Hill | W 279° | 339 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barkhamsted, 6 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 1,280 | 1,189 | 1,767 | 2,010 | 1,385 | 1,119 | 757 | 678 | 709 | 850 | 1,008 | 1,282 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Farmington River AT Tariffville, CT, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/3811082456
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 16 mi
- Longmeadow · 17 mi
- Blandford · 20 mi
- Somers · 22 mi
- Otis · 23 mi
- Berkshires · 24 mi
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