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Cheever Falls

Cheever Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Cheever Falls is a waterfall in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 535 m. Wheelock Mountain stands 843 m to the north-northeast, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Meadow Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 11 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
6 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.48116, -72.22322

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Orcutt Park: 4.3 mi
  • Nichols Ledge: 5.3 mi
  • Cabot Common: 6.9 mi
  • Bunny Farm: 8.1 mi
  • Arnold Park/Fountain: 10.9 mi
Nature reserves: 33
Museums: 17
Historic sites: 12
Attractions: 11
  • Walden Mountain Alpaca Farm: 2.7 mi
  • A.M. Foster Bridge: 4.5 mi
  • Great Vermont Corn Maze: 6.7 mi
  • Greenbanks Hollow Covered Bridge: 8.7 mi
  • Circus Smirkus World Headquarters: 11.2 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Moss Glen Falls: 19.8 mi
  • Cadys falls: 20.3 mi
  • Ogontz Falls: 21.1 mi
  • Dog Head Falls: 24.4 mi
  • Sloping Falls: 24.7 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Boulder Beach: 14.2 mi
  • Lake Elmore Beach: 15.6 mi
  • Southwest Cove Beach: 18.7 mi
  • South Beach: 18.9 mi
  • North Beach: 21.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Covered bridges: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-91 (North Bound): 15.1 mi
  • Vermont Welcome Center: 18.1 mi
  • Littleton Rest Area: 20.3 mi
Cliffs: 2
  • Marshfield Ledges: 11.5 mi
  • Bald Hill: 22.7 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Kettle Pond State Park: 13.5 mi
  • Beavin & Sons: 23.2 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Cady's Falls Botanical Gardens: 20.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • Lac Littleton: 21.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Cheever Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wheelock MountainNNE 31°843 m6.2 mi
Ide MountainNE 36°796 m5.3 mi
Cow HillS 179°781 m7.1 mi
Stannard MountainNNE 11°779 m2.9 mi
Round MountainNE 35°774 m2.8 mi
Lookout MountainS 180°762 m8.0 mi
Woodbury MountainW 268°756 m10.0 mi
Macks MountainS 181°735 m9.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2319:01
June solstice05:0519:5320:38
September equinox06:3718:1018:48
December solstice07:2315:2416:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192131445765706861493725
Precip in2.72.22.53.13.84.14.53.93.43.93.03.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saint Johnsbury, 11 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs5.13.77.218.99.75.65.43.42.54.55.76.5

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Pope Brook (site W-3) Near North Danville, VT, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5949547997

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