Coward's Falls
Coward's Falls is a waterfall in New York, at a modelled elevation of 71 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 1,160 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Gallis Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 6.5 miles off.
50ft falls are visible from Hurley Mountain Rd.
How to reach it
- 6.5 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- White Dot · 8 mi
- Sentinel Rock · 13 mi
- Pinnacle Rock · 13 mi
- Hayes Lookout · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gallis Hill: 1.0 mi
- Morgan Hill: 2.6 mi
- Golden Hill: 2.8 mi
- Pink Hill: 2.9 mi
- Jockey Hill: 3.3 mi
- Forsyth Park: 1.8 mi
- Peace Park: 2.2 mi
- Senate House State Historic Site: 2.3 mi
- Academy Green Park: 2.6 mi
- LYE Parklet: 2.6 mi
- M. E. Church: 3.9 mi
- Veterans' Monument: 4.2 mi
- Fountain: 4.3 mi
- Rondout Lighthouse: 4.4 mi
- Kiln: 5.2 mi
- Glenerie Falls: 6.8 mi
- Winchell's Falls: 7.2 mi
- High Falls Waterfall: 8.5 mi
- Cantine Dam Falls: 10.7 mi
- Mossy Brook Waterfall: 10.9 mi
- Rock Oak Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Northeastern Cave Conservancy: 3.7 mi
- Stone Road Unit: 3.8 mi
- Walter Williams Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Ulster Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 4.7 mi
- Snake Rocks Cliff: 7.5 mi
- Gnome Mountain: 8.5 mi
- Trap Cliff: 8.6 mi
- Indian Rock: 9.3 mi
- Ministers Face: 9.8 mi
- Hurley Heritage Museum: 1.1 mi
- Mattewis Persen House: 2.2 mi
- Senate House Museum: 2.3 mi
- Volunteer Firemen's Museum: 2.3 mi
- Friends of Historic Kingston: 2.3 mi
- Opus 40: 7.8 mi
- Tomorrow: 7.8 mi
- Flame: 7.8 mi
- The Query Family: 7.8 mi
- The Great Knot: 8.8 mi
- Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 2.7 mi
- Rondout Community Garden: 4.2 mi
- Formal Gardens: 8.9 mi
- Ellipse: 8.9 mi
- Rough Garden: 8.9 mi
- Kingston Point Beach: 5.1 mi
- Tongore Park Beach: 6.1 mi
- Ulster Landing Beach: 7.5 mi
- Flint Beach: 7.9 mi
- Esopus Meadows Beach: 8.0 mi
- Hudson River Cruises: 4.4 mi
- Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 7.7 mi
- Pompey’s Cave: 10.5 mi
- Historic Huguenot District: 13.1 mi
- Huguenot Street Historic District: 13.1 mi
- Bear Wallow: 11.7 mi
- Keyhole Spring: 13.0 mi
- Devil's Acre spring: 17.7 mi
- Table Mountain Spring: 17.9 mi
- Piped Spring: 22.3 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 11.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Coward's Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NNW 341° | 1,160 m | 13.9 mi |
| Twin Mountain | NNW 345° | 1,113 m | 13.2 mi |
| Twin Mountain South Summit | NNW 345° | 1,085 m | 12.7 mi |
| Indian Head Mountain | NNW 348° | 1,083 m | 12.4 mi |
| Olderbark Mountain | NNW 331° | 1,048 m | 13.6 mi |
| Overlook Mountain | N 351° | 956 m | 10.0 mi |
| Plattekill Mountain | N 354° | 942 m | 11.5 mi |
| Ashokan High Point | W 264° | 939 m | 11.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 19:53 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:44 | 16:29 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 66 | 71 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rhinebeck 4SE, 11 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Jan, Mar–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 344 | 212 | 260 | 424 | 409 | 64.0 | 120 | 147 | 192 | 209 | 204 | 268 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Esopus Creek Near Lomontville NY, 6 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/3554709631
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