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Cloudland Falls

Cloudland Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Cloudland Falls is a waterfall in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 804 m. Mount Lafayette stands 1,600 m to the north-northeast, 1.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Swiftwater Falls, a waterfall 0.4 miles away. White Mountain Trail passes 0.9 miles off.

What the record says

Height
24 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.13881, -71.66477

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Cliffs
  • Shining Rock Cliff: 0.6 mi
  • Moby Grape: 1.7 mi
  • Cannon Cliff: 1.7 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 2.0 mi
  • Hone Wall: 2.8 mi
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 52
Parks: 46
Attractions: 41
  • Boise Rock: 1.2 mi
  • The Basin: 1.5 mi
  • Liberty Gorge: 2.5 mi
  • Flume Gorge: 2.7 mi
  • Table Rock Flume Brook: 2.7 mi
Museums: 16
Historic sites: 12
  • Governor Gallen Memorial: 3.2 mi
  • Caddy Camp Alumni Memorial: 9.9 mi
  • Willey House: 13.5 mi
  • Chase cellar hole: 14.7 mi
  • Bath New Hampshire: 15.0 mi
Picnic sites: 10
Springs: 7
  • Liberty Spring: 1.7 mi
  • Lac Littleton: 15.6 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 21.1 mi
  • Spaulding Spring: 21.1 mi
  • Peabody Spring: 21.8 mi
Rest areas: 6
Artworks: 3
  • Tree Harp: 12.7 mi
  • Sunflowers: 12.8 mi
  • Pollyanna Statue: 12.8 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 15.6 mi
  • Lancaster Community Garden: 24.5 mi
Beaches: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Cloudland Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LafayetteNNE1,600 m1.8 mi
Mount LincolnNE1,551 m1.2 mi
North LincolnNE1,524 m1.5 mi
North LafayetteNNE1,519 m2.2 mi
South Twin MountainENE1,491 m6.4 mi
North Twin MountainNE1,452 m6.9 mi
Little Haystack MountainE1,440 m0.9 mi
Mount BondE1,432 m6.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:0419:5020:34
September equinox06:3418:0818:46
December solstice07:1915:2416:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182029425463686659473626
Precip in3.43.03.45.24.24.86.03.93.85.44.74.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lincoln Nepp, 7 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs239151270810735314244186169333354356

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge East Branch Pemigewasset River AT Lincoln, NH, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/3835030292

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