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Delmura Falls

Delmura Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Delmura Falls is a waterfall in New York, at a modelled elevation of 423 m. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the west, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Mountain Top Historical Society, a museum 0.5 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off.

What the record says

Height
4 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.19187, -74.08403

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Rip Van Winkle Lake Park: 2.5 mi
  • Mountain Top Arboretum: 3.1 mi
  • C.D. Lane Park: 7.9 mi
  • Angelo Canna Town Park: 8.5 mi
  • Cantine Fields: 9.6 mi
Historic sites: 46
  • Layman's Monument: 0.8 mi
  • stone house: 1.4 mi
  • cistern: 1.7 mi
  • Tory Fort: 1.7 mi
  • Catskill Mountain House: 2.5 mi
Museums: 35
Artworks: 18
Beaches: 15
  • Saugerties Beach: 10.8 mi
  • West Landing: 12.9 mi
  • South Landing: 13.0 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 14.8 mi
  • Oakdale Beach: 16.1 mi
Cliffs: 14
  • Hurricane Ledge: 2.1 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 4.1 mi
  • Hawks Rocks: 4.8 mi
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 5.0 mi
  • Devils Tombstone: 6.7 mi
Gardens: 12
  • The Upper Garden: 11.2 mi
  • The Walled Garden: 11.2 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 14.6 mi
  • The Anna Jones Meditation Garden: 14.8 mi
  • Bard Community Garden: 14.9 mi
Attractions: 6
  • The Old Game Farm: 5.1 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 13.8 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 14.3 mi
  • Pratt Rock: 19.2 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 19.6 mi
Springs: 5
  • Devil's Acre spring: 7.8 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 9.0 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 21.2 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 22.0 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 23.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Delmura Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainW1,228 m7.6 mi
Black DomeNNW1,217 m5.8 mi
Thomas Cole MountainNNW1,205 m6.0 mi
BlackheadNNW1,201 m5.3 mi
West Kill MountainW1,186 m10.7 mi
Plateau MountainSW1,169 m5.9 mi
Sugarloaf MountainSW1,160 m5.4 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainWSW1,140 m8.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2119:5420:37
September equinox06:4418:1918:56
December solstice07:2215:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222431435463686660483828
Precip in4.94.05.75.24.86.05.56.36.37.04.97.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Platte Clove, 4 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Nov–Jan, Mar–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs5.23.86.39.76.32.33.03.82.44.25.27.5

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Myrtle Brook AT State Hwy 214 AT Edgewood NY, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9937588957

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