Colebrook Falls
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Colebrook Falls is a waterfall in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 348 m. Bald Mountain stands 539 m to the west-northwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Colebrook Historical Society, a museum 0.2 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 18 miles off.
How to reach it
- 18.0 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 20.1 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Town Hall And Museum: 0.4 mi
- Colebrook Land Conservancy: 1.4 mi
- Norbrook Farm: 1.8 mi
- Phelps Natural Resource Area: 2.0 mi
- The Nature Conservancy Grigg Property (Easement) Reverted: 2.2 mi
- Maasser Park: 2.6 mi
- Bigelow Park: 4.6 mi
- Town Park: 4.6 mi
- North Green: 4.8 mi
- Highland Lake Boat Launch: 4.8 mi
- Colebrook Historical Society: 0.2 mi
- American Museum of Tort Law: 4.9 mi
- American Mural Project: 5.2 mi
- Norfolk Historical Society Museum: 5.2 mi
- Peoples State Forest Nature Museum: 6.9 mi
- Mount Pisgah: 0.7 mi
- Panorama Hill: 1.7 mi
- Babb Hill: 2.2 mi
- Beech Hill: 2.5 mi
- Eno Hill: 3.1 mi
- World War I Memorial: 5.4 mi
- Hermit memorial: 8.6 mi
- East Canaan Veterans Monument: 9.7 mi
- Jones Memorial: 10.4 mi
- John Brown Birthplace: 11.2 mi
- Army Corps of Engineers benchmark: 3.5 mi
- Lighthouse cemetery: 5.8 mi
- Charcoal mound exhibit: 6.9 mi
- 4 towns meet: 7.6 mi
- Indian Council Caves: 9.1 mi
- Beulah Falls: 0.7 mi
- Tunxis Falls: 3.3 mi
- Marguerite Falls: 4.3 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 5.4 mi
- Falls Brook Falls: 7.5 mi
- Bike Sculpture: 17.7 mi
- The Globe: 18.3 mi
- Angel of Independence: 18.3 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 19.2 mi
- Heroes of Westfield: 20.0 mi
- Southwick Community Garden: 15.1 mi
- Heritage Garden: 16.2 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 17.5 mi
- Cathy's Garden & Gazebo: 18.4 mi
- Dorothy Perkins Garden: 18.4 mi
- The Beech: 5.6 mi
- Space Invaders: 5.6 mi
- Cloud Buttress: 5.6 mi
- Squirrel Wall: 5.7 mi
- Acorn Face: 5.7 mi
- Holland Beach: 4.8 mi
- County Beach: 13.4 mi
- Babbs Beach: 17.9 mi
- Sandy Beach: 20.6 mi
- Iroquis Waterfront: 21.0 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 5.4 mi
- Big Spring: 5.6 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 6.9 mi
- Hermit spring: 8.7 mi
- Questing: 12.0 mi
- Dudley Town: 18.3 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 19.1 mi
- Picnic Grove: 25.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Colebrook Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Mountain | WNW 292° | 539 m | 6.6 mi |
| Cowles Hill | NNW 337° | 537 m | 8.3 mi |
| Wangum Lake Hill | W 260° | 521 m | 8.4 mi |
| East Bald Mountain | WNW 297° | 519 m | 5.8 mi |
| Higley Hill | NW 325° | 518 m | 7.0 mi |
| Seymour Mountain | N 356° | 517 m | 4.6 mi |
| Dodds Mountain | N 349° | 516 m | 5.4 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | W 279° | 510 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
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 | 22 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norfolk 2 SW, 7 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Jul.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 199 | 196 | 300 | 344 | 198 | 131 | 74.7 | 80.0 | 84.4 | 130 | 167 | 204 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Still River AT Robertsville, CT, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/7445126445
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