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Dean's Ravine Falls

Dean's Ravine Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Dean's Ravine Falls is a waterfall in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 229 m. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 26 miles off.

The story

Dean's Ravine Falls is a 50-foot-tall (15 m) waterfall formed along Reed Brook in Canaan, Connecticut. The falls were once a "must-see" spot along the 2,180-mile-long Appalachian Trail, until the trail was rerouted west of the Housatonic River through Sharon, Connecticut in the early 1980s. Today, it can be accessed via The Mohawk Trail from a parking area located at the intersection of Music Mountain Road and Cream Hill Road.

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Wikidata Q104862949, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Height
15 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.91941, -73.34427

Named places within 25 miles

Ghost towns

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:1919:5120:33
September equinox06:4118:1618:53
December solstice07:1915:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475866716962514030
Precip in3.02.63.43.33.94.84.84.44.74.73.53.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falls Village, 2 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs55.754.885.089.859.043.030.324.027.537.144.960.7

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Salmon Creek AT Lime Rock, CT, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/547222279

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