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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

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
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: 39
  • 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: 38
Picnic sites: 19
Historic sites: 18
Museums: 15
  • 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: 9
  • Pleasant Point Town Beach: 18.2 mi
  • Fiddlehead Campground: 21.1 mi
  • Conway Lake Public Beach: 21.6 mi
  • Echo Lake Beach: 22.4 mi
  • Geneva Beach: 22.9 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 WashingtonWNW1,917 m2.4 mi
Ball CragWNW1,843 m2.3 mi
Agiocochook CragNW1,748 m2.1 mi
Mount AdamsNNW1,748 m4.5 mi
Mount JeffersonNW1,725 m4.2 mi
Nelson CragNW1,708 m1.9 mi
Mount ClayWNW1,684 m3.4 mi
Mount Sam AdamsNNW1,682 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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