Cucumber Falls
Cucumber Falls is a waterfall in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 374 m. Mount Davis stands 979 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Ohiopyle Falls, a waterfall 0.5 miles away. Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway passes 0.4 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 9.1 m
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway
- 5.0 mi off the Historic National Road - Pennsylvania, National
- 14.5 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 14.4 mi off the Mountain Maryland Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Paradise Overlook · 3 mi
- Point Lookout · 9 mi
- Deep Creek Lake · 23 mi
- Monroe Run Valley · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Stewart on the Green: 0.6 mi
- Izaac Walton Park, Uniontown Chapter: 4.2 mi
- Lafayette Square: 4.8 mi
- The Chateau Terrace: 4.8 mi
- Braddock's Grave - Fort Necessity National Battlefield: 5.6 mi
- Meadow Run Knob: 0.9 mi
- Kentuck Knob: 1.0 mi
- Tharp Knob: 1.1 mi
- Holland Hill: 2.5 mi
- Sugarloaf Knob: 3.0 mi
- Braddock's Grave: 5.6 mi
- Fort Necessity: 5.7 mi
- Brownfield Honor Roll: 11.1 mi
- P&LE Dickerson Run roundhouse: 15.4 mi
- CCC Monument: 16.4 mi
- Speyer Gallery: 3.5 mi
- Mt. Washington Tavern: 5.5 mi
- Fort Necessity Visitor Center: 5.6 mi
- Cole and Coke Heritage Center: 10.1 mi
- Laurel Hill Visitor Center: 16.4 mi
- Flatrock: 0.9 mi
- Kentuck Knob Visitor's Center: 1.2 mi
- Fallingwater: 3.5 mi
- Wharton Furnace: 7.6 mi
- Laurel Ridge State Park XC Skiing Concession Building: 9.5 mi
- State Game Lands Number 265: 6.0 mi
- State Game Lands Number 271: 13.9 mi
- Mount Davis Natural Area: 18.5 mi
- Elder Hill Fire Tower: 18.7 mi
- Weitzell-Bear Creek Conservation Easement: 19.1 mi
- Baughman Rock Overlook: 2.0 mi
- Jumonville Glen: 7.4 mi
- Jumonville Rocks: 7.4 mi
- Cabin Rocks: 10.1 mi
- White Rocks: 11.3 mi
- Metal Sculpture: 7.9 mi
- Statue of Thomas Jefferson and Albert Gallatin: 12.1 mi
- Blind Skier and Camper Art Installation: 21.9 mi
- Albert Gallatin Statue: 23.5 mi
- Blaze the Vulcan: 24.6 mi
- Ohiopyle Falls: 0.5 mi
- Sugar Run Falls: 3.0 mi
- Cole Run Falls: 13.8 mi
- Matador Falls: 23.2 mi
- Cool Spring: 8.6 mi
- Paterson Spring: 14.1 mi
- Baughman Spring: 18.2 mi
- Kooser Spring: 19.3 mi
- Watering Trough: 8.5 mi
- Youghiogheny Overlook Welcome Center: 14.5 mi
- US-219 Cove Overlook Rest Area: 17.1 mi
- Blooming Rose: 14.7 mi
- Kendall: 16.5 mi
- West Overton: 17.8 mi
- Tharp Knob Picnic Area: 0.6 mi
- Cucumber Run Picnic Area: 0.6 mi
- The Chateau Gardens: 4.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Cucumber Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Davis | ESE 107° | 979 m | 18.1 mi |
| Baughman Rocks | ESE 105° | 961 m | 18.3 mi |
| Fike Hill | S 180° | 943 m | 20.2 mi |
| Glade Mountain | ESE 108° | 936 m | 16.7 mi |
| 2768 feet | NE 45° | 923 m | 17.5 mi |
| Zehner Hill | ESE 123° | 914 m | 18.7 mi |
| Ringer Hill | ESE 118° | 903 m | 18.4 mi |
| Maust Hill | ESE 120° | 901 m | 18.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:10 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:14 | 16:57 |
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 | 25 | 27 | 36 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 49 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chalk Hill 2 ENE, 5 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 2,718 | 3,253 | 3,381 | 2,995 | 3,204 | 1,858 | 1,347 | 1,111 | 1,361 | 1,219 | 1,543 | 2,113 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Youghiogheny River at Ohiopyle, PA, under a mile away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/1701822670
Day trips start here
- Ohiopyle · 1 mi
- Connellsville · 12 mi
- Uniontown · 12 mi
- Donegal · 18 mi
- Grantsville · 22 mi
- McHenry · 23 mi
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