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Crystal Cascades Falls

Crystal Cascades Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Crystal Cascades Falls is a waterfall in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 678 m. Mount Washington stands 1,917 m to the west-northwest, 2.4 miles off. The nearest named place is ZipRider Wildcat Mountain, a attraction 0.9 miles away. Presidential Range Tour passes 0.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
21 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.26077, -71.25727

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Prospect Farm: 4.2 mi
  • Durand Lake: 8.0 mi
  • William H. Peek Memorial Park: 8.0 mi
  • Randolf Springs Town Park: 8.0 mi
  • Mossy Glen: 8.2 mi
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 47
  • Glen Ellis Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Thompson Falls: 1.4 mi
  • Salmacis Fall: 6.0 mi
  • Chandler Fall: 6.0 mi
  • Hitchcock Fall: 6.8 mi
Attractions: 40
  • ZipRider Wildcat Mountain: 0.9 mi
  • Mount Washington Observatory: 2.4 mi
  • Eggs-traordinary Farm Tractors: 10.6 mi
  • Roar-o-Saurus: 10.7 mi
  • Nor'Easter Mountain Coaster: 12.4 mi
Cliffs: 40
Picnic sites: 19
Historic sites: 19
Museums: 16
  • Museum of White Mountain Art / Jackson Historical Society: 8.7 mi
  • Gorham Historical Society & Railroad Museum: 9.6 mi
  • Jefferson Historical Museum: 14.7 mi
  • Moffett House Museum: 15.2 mi
  • MWOBs Admin Office: 15.6 mi
Beaches: 11
  • Pleasant Point Town Beach: 18.2 mi
  • Beach Area #1: 19.6 mi
  • Beach Area #2: 19.9 mi
  • Fiddlehead Campground: 21.1 mi
  • Conway Lake Public Beach: 21.6 mi
Springs: 6
  • Gulfside Spring: 4.3 mi
  • Spaulding Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Peabody Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Deer Hill Spring: 13.7 mi
  • lower falls: 17.0 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 14.7 mi
  • Lancaster Community Garden: 22.0 mi
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Hannes Schneider: 15.9 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Crystal Cascades Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WashingtonWNW 286°1,917 m2.4 mi
Ball CragWNW 294°1,843 m2.3 mi
Agiocochook CragNW 307°1,748 m2.1 mi
Mount AdamsNNW 338°1,748 m4.5 mi
Mount JeffersonNW 316°1,725 m4.2 mi
Nelson CragNW 312°1,708 m1.9 mi
Mount ClayWNW 301°1,684 m3.4 mi
Mount Sam AdamsNNW 333°1,682 m4.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1918:57
June solstice05:0219:4920:33
September equinox06:3318:0618:44
December solstice07:1815:2216:09

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161826385059646356453323
Precip in5.34.34.95.75.55.95.55.15.07.85.86.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pinkham Notch, under a mile away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs83.859.311032229912010254.750.2118106143

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Peabody River at Gorham, New Hampshire, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/3724127161

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