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Dutchman Falls

Dutchman Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Dutchman Falls is a waterfall in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 460 m. Huckleberry Mountain stands 762 m to the south-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Conklin Run Wilderness Area, a nature reserve 2.2 miles away. Gateway to the Endless Mountains passes 26 miles off.

What the record says

Height
8.2 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.44979, -76.45132

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Pole Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Shrimp Hill: 5.9 mi
  • Wright Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Lambert Hill: 6.9 mi
  • Molyneux Hill: 7.6 mi
Waterfalls: 49
Parks: 20
  • Sullivan County Public Park: 2.8 mi
  • Cosgrove Memorial Park: 2.8 mi
  • Laporte Borough Ball Park: 3.1 mi
  • Forksville Borough Community Park: 8.3 mi
  • King's Beach, Picture Rocks Park: 17.7 mi
Historic sites: 14
  • Creveling Lakes: 9.9 mi
  • tannery: 10.8 mi
  • saw mill: 10.9 mi
  • Lake Leigh Dam: 12.3 mi
  • Ice House: 13.9 mi
Museums: 11
  • Sullivan County Historical Society Museum: 2.9 mi
  • Baldwin House: 2.9 mi
  • Eagles Mere Air Museum and Eagles Mere Auto Museum: 4.9 mi
  • Eagles Mere: 7.4 mi
  • Endless Mountains War Memorial Museum: 8.5 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Attractions: 3
  • Sullivan County Fairgrounds: 7.9 mi
  • Laporte House: 21.2 mi
  • Luther's Mills Covered Bridge: 23.8 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Baldwin House Garden: 2.9 mi
Springs: 1
  • Mineral Spring: 6.5 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Lake Jean Beach: 11.6 mi
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Roadside Rest: 24.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Dutchman Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Huckleberry MountainSSW 192°762 m11.4 mi
RoundtopSSW 198°758 m8.1 mi
Grand ViewSE 143°745 m12.2 mi
Red Rock MountainSE 146°721 m11.6 mi
Tyler MountainNE 55°718 m12.0 mi
Bartlett MountainENE 74°705 m13.9 mi
Hatch MountainN 357°704 m12.5 mi
Cahill MountainNW 322°703 m12.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4219:18
June solstice05:3320:0220:44
September equinox06:5418:2819:05
December solstice07:2915:5516:40

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222331435563686659473727
Precip in4.53.13.84.24.64.75.35.15.24.63.84.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laporte, 3 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs54.051.682.884.958.730.723.022.725.835.655.064.2

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Muncy Creek near Sonestown, PA, 8 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/1446650545

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