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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: 18
  • 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 18.2 miles of Dutchman Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Huckleberry MountainSSW762 m11.4 mi
RoundtopSSW758 m8.1 mi
Grand ViewSE745 m12.2 mi
Red Rock MountainSE721 m11.6 mi
Tyler MountainNE718 m12.0 mi
Bartlett MountainENE705 m13.9 mi
Hatch MountainN704 m12.5 mi
Cahill MountainNW703 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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