Chittenango Falls
Chittenango Falls is a waterfall in New York, at a modelled elevation of 249 m. Morgan Hill stands 618 m to the south-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Perryville Falls, a waterfall 2.8 miles away. Route 20 Scenic Byway passes 3.4 miles off.
The story
State park in Madison County, New York
Wikidata Q14706225, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 51 m
How to reach it
- 3.4 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
- 24.2 mi off the Revolutionary Trail
- 25.2 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 25.3 mi off the Black River Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Lakeside Park: 2.9 mi
- Burton Street Fields: 3.2 mi
- Memorial Park: 3.4 mi
- Lakeland Park: 3.5 mi
- Gypsy Bay Park: 3.8 mi
- Palmer Hill: 3.6 mi
- Brinkerhoff Hill: 4.3 mi
- Cranson Hill: 4.5 mi
- Stone Quarry Hill: 4.6 mi
- Lillies Pinnacle: 5.0 mi
- Indian Hill: 6.7 mi
- Stoney Pond State Forest: 8.5 mi
- Old Fly Marsh: 10.7 mi
- Richards Green Space: 11.8 mi
- Delaney Green Space: 12.2 mi
- Site of railroad turntable: 4.1 mi
- Lime Kiln: 9.5 mi
- Limestone Creek Aqueduct: 9.7 mi
- Butternut Creek Aqueduct: 11.5 mi
- 9/11 Memorial Monument: 11.5 mi
- Lorenzo Mansion: 3.9 mi
- All Things Oz Museum: 4.8 mi
- Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum: 5.8 mi
- National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum: 7.8 mi
- Gerrit Smith Estate: 7.8 mi
- Jitterbugs: 3.3 mi
- Willow Sculpture: 3.5 mi
- Stacks: 4.7 mi
- Supplicant Persephone: 15.3 mi
- Job: 15.3 mi
- Perryville Falls: 2.8 mi
- Edwards Falls: 6.1 mi
- Brickyard Falls: 7.3 mi
- Pratts Falls: 8.4 mi
- Delphi Falls Lower: 8.4 mi
- Spruce Ridge Landscape & Garden Center: 5.4 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 11.4 mi
- Morningside Community Garden: 14.8 mi
- E.M. Mills Memorial Rose Garden: 15.0 mi
- South Side Garden: 15.6 mi
- Poolsbrook Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
- Spruce Grove Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
- Cedar Bay Pavilion: 10.9 mi
- Galster Pavilion: 11.5 mi
- Willow Bay: 22.2 mi
- Geographical Center of New York State: 12.7 mi
- Nicholas J. Pirro Convention Center: 16.1 mi
- Onondaga Lake Parkway Bridge: 19.4 mi
- Great New York State Fair: 19.9 mi
- New York State Fairgrounds: 20.1 mi
- Green Lakes Beach: 8.2 mi
- Jamesville Beach: 11.6 mi
- Verona Beach: 14.9 mi
- Valentine's Beach: 17.8 mi
- Oneida Shores: 21.7 mi
- The Ledges: 10.2 mi
- Dorwin Springs: 16.0 mi
- Preble: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Chittenango Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Hill | SSW 210° | 618 m | 15.4 mi |
| Muller Hill | SSE 168° | 617 m | 14.2 mi |
| Randall Hill | S 189° | 617 m | 20.4 mi |
| Truxton Hill | SW 218° | 616 m | 19.3 mi |
| Hunt Hill | S 180° | 611 m | 13.6 mi |
| Fellows Hill | SW 218° | 611 m | 14.7 mi |
| Labrador Hill | SW 218° | 606 m | 17.7 mi |
| South Hill | S 185° | 604 m | 16.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:38 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 20:03 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 15:46 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 21 | 29 | 42 | 54 | 63 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Morrisville 6 SW, 11 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 138 | 145 | 225 | 234 | 122 | 76.4 | 57.7 | 45.4 | 33.2 | 57.6 | 103 | 138 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Chittenango Creek Near Chittenango NY, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/1719342944
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