Cloudland Falls
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
- 0.9 mi off the White Mountain Trail, National
- 5.7 mi off the Kancamagus Scenic Byway, National
- 7.6 mi off the River Heritage Tour
- 9.1 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
Overlooks nearby
- Profiler Plaza · 2 mi
- Pemigewasset Overlook · 11 mi
- CL Graham Wangan Overlook · 12 mi
- Beaver Brook Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Shining Rock Cliff: 0.6 mi
- Moby Grape: 1.7 mi
- Cannon Cliff: 1.7 mi
- Cannon Cliff: 1.8 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 2.0 mi
- Little Haystack Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Mount Lincoln: 1.2 mi
- North Lincoln: 1.5 mi
- Mount Lafayette: 1.8 mi
- Cannon Mountain - East Peak: 1.9 mi
- Lafayette Brook Scenic Area: 2.1 mi
- Wells Road Property: 5.3 mi
- Grote Wildlife Sanctuary: 5.5 mi
- Second Presidential State Forest: 5.6 mi
- Franconia Town Forest: 5.8 mi
- Swiftwater Falls: 0.4 mi
- Stairs Falls: 0.4 mi
- Kinsman Falls: 1.7 mi
- Avalanche Falls: 2.7 mi
- Bridalveil Falls: 3.3 mi
- Franconia Notch State Park: 2.6 mi
- Kanc Recreation Area: 6.0 mi
- Fox Hill Park: 6.8 mi
- The Frost Place: 6.9 mi
- Dow Park: 7.2 mi
- 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
- Old Man of the Mountain Museum: 2.2 mi
- New England Ski Museum: 2.5 mi
- Avery's Garage: 6.3 mi
- Clark History Museum: 6.3 mi
- Americana Museum: 6.3 mi
- 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
- Fay Waside Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
- Mount Cleveland Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
- Beaver Brook Recreation Area: 7.9 mi
- Zealand Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Eisenhower Memorial Area: 13.8 mi
- 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
- Boise Rock: 1.2 mi
- The Basin, West: 1.4 mi
- The Basin, East: 1.5 mi
- Littleton Rest Area: 16.6 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 19.2 mi
- Tree Harp: 12.7 mi
- Sunflowers: 12.8 mi
- Pollyanna Statue: 12.8 mi
- Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 15.6 mi
- Lancaster Community Garden: 24.5 mi
- Echo Lake Beach: 3.1 mi
- Livermore: 14.9 mi
- Mount Orne Covered Bridge: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Cloudland Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lafayette | NNE 34° | 1,600 m | 1.8 mi |
| Mount Lincoln | NE 55° | 1,551.12 m | 1.2 mi |
| North Lincoln | NE 43° | 1,524 m | 1.5 mi |
| North Lafayette | NNE 27° | 1,519 m | 2.2 mi |
| South Twin Mountain | ENE 58° | 1,491 m | 6.4 mi |
| North Twin Mountain | NE 50° | 1,452 m | 6.9 mi |
| Little Haystack Mountain | E 83° | 1,440 m | 0.9 mi |
| Mount Bond | E 82° | 1,432 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:21 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 19:50 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:24 | 16:12 |
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 | 18 | 20 | 29 | 42 | 54 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 239 | 151 | 270 | 810 | 735 | 314 | 244 | 186 | 169 | 333 | 354 | 356 |
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.
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