Diamond Notch Falls
Diamond Notch Falls is a waterfall in New York, at a modelled elevation of 709 m. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the east, 1.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Diamond Notch Primitive Bicycle Corridor, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off.
The story
Diamond Notch Falls is a waterfall located on the West Kill, east of Spruceton in the Hunter-West Kill Wilderness in Greene County, New York. Diamond Notch Falls is a side by side waterfall, both being about 15 feet (4.6 m) in height. The Diamond Notch Trail passes Diamond Notch Falls. The trail begins at Spruceton Road and travels south through Diamond Notch, and descends down to connect with Diamond Notch Road, north of Lanesville. At 1 mile from Sprucetown Road, the trail passes Diamond Notch Falls and then the intersection with the Devil's Path. Then at 2.2 miles, the trail passes the Diamond Notch wind gap.
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Wikidata Q48743105, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 4.6 m
- Width
- 5 m
How to reach it
- 23.7 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- White Dot · 25 mi
- Sentinel Rock · 29 mi
- Copes Lookout · 29 mi
- Hayes Lookout · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Diamond Notch Primitive Bicycle Corridor: 0.7 mi
- Diamond Notch Unit: 2.2 mi
- Stony Clove Unit: 2.9 mi
- Neal Road Unit: 3.2 mi
- Lanes Brook Unit: 3.6 mi
- Southwest Hunter Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Hunter Mountain: 1.4 mi
- West Kill Mountain: 1.7 mi
- East Rusk: 1.8 mi
- Rusk Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Rip Van Winkle Lake Park: 6.5 mi
- Parish Field: 6.8 mi
- Simpson Mini-Park: 7.0 mi
- Mountain Top Arboretum: 7.2 mi
- Glenbrook Park: 8.1 mi
- Delmura Falls: 9.0 mi
- Santa Cruz Falls: 9.0 mi
- Old Mill Falls: 9.3 mi
- Plattekill Falls: 9.3 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 9.4 mi
- New York State Forest Preserve Centennial: 3.0 mi
- Post WWII Memorial: 7.9 mi
- Historic New York Catskill Mountains ~ Shandaken Area: 8.6 mi
- Tory Fort: 8.7 mi
- Boarding House: 9.3 mi
- Piano Performance Museum: 3.3 mi
- Empire State Railway Museum: 7.0 mi
- Mountain Top Historical Society: 8.6 mi
- Woodstock Artists Association & Museum: 11.7 mi
- Zadock Pratt Museum: 13.1 mi
- Rip Van Winkle: 2.2 mi
- Shandaken Eagle: 7.2 mi
- Winnisook: 10.8 mi
- Fabulous Furniture Sculpture Garden: 12.4 mi
- The Great Knot: 13.3 mi
- Devils Tombstone: 3.1 mi
- Hurricane Ledge: 9.2 mi
- Devils Kitchen: 9.4 mi
- The "Great" Cliffs: 10.3 mi
- Hawks Rocks: 10.6 mi
- The Walled Garden: 18.4 mi
- The Upper Garden: 18.4 mi
- Blithewood Garden: 20.4 mi
- Rough Garden: 20.6 mi
- Ellipse: 20.7 mi
- Belleayre Beach: 11.5 mi
- Saugerties Beach: 17.3 mi
- West Landing: 19.2 mi
- South Landing: 19.2 mi
- Ulster Landing Beach: 19.9 mi
- Devil's Acre spring: 1.5 mi
- Elm Ridge piped spring: 10.0 mi
- Table Mountain Spring: 16.6 mi
- Bear Wallow: 17.3 mi
- Keyhole Spring: 17.7 mi
- Rail Explorers: 7.0 mi
- World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 8.8 mi
- Pratt Rock: 12.6 mi
- The Old Game Farm: 13.5 mi
- Old Blenheim Covered Bridge: 22.5 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 2.6 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 18.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Diamond Notch Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter Mountain | E 82° | 1,228 m | 1.4 mi |
| Black Dome | NE 46° | 1,217 m | 9.5 mi |
| Thomas Cole Mountain | NE 43° | 1,205 m | 9.1 mi |
| Blackhead | NE 51° | 1,201 m | 10.1 mi |
| West Kill Mountain | WSW 253° | 1,186 m | 1.7 mi |
| Plateau Mountain | ESE 121° | 1,169 m | 5.0 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | ESE 119° | 1,160 m | 6.3 mi |
| Southwest Hunter Mountain | SE 141° | 1,140 m | 1.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 19:55 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:43 | 16:29 |
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 | 21 | 22 | 29 | 41 | 53 | 61 | 65 | 64 | 57 | 46 | 36 | 27 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Jewett, 7 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Mar–May, Oct–Dec — fullest in Apr, leanest in Jul.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 13.7 | 8.7 | 17.7 | 29.6 | 17.5 | 12.3 | 7.7 | 9.8 | 10.5 | 15.9 | 14.9 | 18.4 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge West Kill Below Hunter Brook Near Spruceton NY, 1 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/7881844000
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