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Colebrook Falls

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Colebrook Falls, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates41.99187, -73.09758

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Historic sites
Waterfalls: 51
Attractions: 43
  • 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
Gardens: 36
  • Southwick Community Garden: 15.1 mi
  • Flower Gardens: 16.2 mi
  • Herb Gardens: 16.2 mi
  • Heritage Garden: 16.2 mi
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 17.5 mi
Artworks: 33
Cliffs: 24
  • 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
Beaches: 8
Springs: 4
  • Cannavo Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Big Spring: 5.6 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Hermit spring: 8.7 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 19.1 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 25.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Colebrook Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainWNW 292°539 m6.6 mi
Cowles HillNNW 337°537 m8.3 mi
Wangum Lake HillW 260°521 m8.4 mi
East Bald MountainWNW 297°519 m5.8 mi
Higley HillNW 325°518 m7.0 mi
Seymour MountainN 356°517 m4.6 mi
Dodds MountainN 349°516 m5.4 mi
Haystack MountainW 279°510 m5.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1819:5020:32
September equinox06:4018:1518:52
December solstice07:1815:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445564696760483828
Precip in4.03.34.23.94.15.04.84.74.95.14.14.9

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs19919630034419813174.780.084.4130167204

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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7445126445

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