Dean's Ravine Falls
Dean's Ravine Falls is a waterfall in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 229 m. Bradford Mountain stands 584 m to the north-northeast, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Dean's Ravine, a park 0.2 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 26 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
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
- 25.9 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Dean's Ravine: 0.2 mi
- Town Green: 2.7 mi
- Housatonic Meadows State Park: 5.4 mi
- Trotta Field: 5.5 mi
- Cannon Park And Ballfield: 5.8 mi
- Hough Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Barrack Mountain-South Peak: 0.8 mi
- Lookout Point: 1.1 mi
- Music Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Rugg Hill: 1.2 mi
- Sycamore Field Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Belter Lime Rock Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Housatonic State Forest: 1.8 mi
- Town Of Canaan: 2.3 mi
- Wack Forest: 3.0 mi
- FV - Canaan Historical Society: 2.6 mi
- Cornwall Historical Society: 5.1 mi
- Holley Williams House Museum: 5.9 mi
- Connecticut Railroad Historical Museum: 7.4 mi
- Gay-Holt House Museum: 7.4 mi
- Great Falls: 3.3 mi
- Pine Swamp Brook Falls: 3.9 mi
- Pothole Falls: 4.1 mi
- Hatch Brook Falls: 6.2 mi
- Marshepaug Falls: 8.0 mi
- East Canaan Veterans Monument: 7.2 mi
- Dough Boy: 7.4 mi
- Folly: 7.9 mi
- Lime Kiln: 8.1 mi
- World War I Memorial: 9.0 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 4.7 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 4.7 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 6.9 mi
- Gagarin Grove: 13.2 mi
- Sheffield Covered Bridge: 14.1 mi
- Winsted Cliffs: 14.2 mi
- Hornet's Nest: 14.9 mi
- Grand Staircase: 15.3 mi
- Pine Ledge: 15.8 mi
- The Beech: 17.6 mi
- Holland Beach: 13.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 16.3 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 17.2 mi
- East Beach: 21.9 mi
- West Beach: 22.5 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 18.2 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 20.1 mi
- Naked Lady: 20.2 mi
- Diving Lady: 23.8 mi
- Jean Widmark: 24.5 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 13.7 mi
- Hermit spring: 15.5 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 17.7 mi
- Big Spring: 17.8 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 15.6 mi
- Judea Garden: 16.4 mi
- Heritage Garden: 21.0 mi
- Innisfree Garden: 23.6 mi
- Dudley Town: 7.7 mi
- Questing: 14.8 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 13.8 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 18.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dean's Ravine Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford Mountain | NNE 28° | 584 m | 5.5 mi |
| Stone Man Mountain | NE 51° | 528 m | 4.1 mi |
| Wangum Lake Hill | NE 51° | 521 m | 5.7 mi |
| Ivy Mountain | ESE 118° | 504 m | 7.0 mi |
| The Matterhorn | ENE 68° | 498 m | 4.9 mi |
| Sedgwick Mountain | SE 132° | 495 m | 4.7 mi |
| Brass Mountain | SE 126° | 491 m | 6.9 mi |
| Bartholomew Hill | SE 145° | 484 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:41 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 55.7 | 54.8 | 85.0 | 89.8 | 59.0 | 43.0 | 30.3 | 24.0 | 27.5 | 37.1 | 44.9 | 60.7 |
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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/547222279
Day trips start here
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- Monterey · 19 mi
- Berkshires · 20 mi
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- Stockbridge · 25 mi
- Lee · 27 mi
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