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Ensminger Falls

Ensminger Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Ensminger Falls is a waterfall in New York, at a modelled elevation of 353 m. Shutts Hill stands 733 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Melissa's Spring, a spring 0.3 miles away. Western New York Southtowns Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

What the record says

Height
40 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.41692, -78.88320

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Gateway Park: 3.5 mi
  • Chang Hu Park: 4.3 mi
  • Creekside Park: 4.4 mi
  • Saint John Park: 4.4 mi
  • Cattaraugus Creek Waterway Access: 4.5 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 16
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 18.2 mi
  • Ellington Town Bell: 18.2 mi
  • Salamanca Railyard: 19.6 mi
  • Old Salamanca Train Station: 19.7 mi
  • BR&P East Salamanca roundhouse: 20.0 mi
Artworks: 14
  • Yoga amazon: 10.1 mi
  • Amazon: 10.1 mi
  • Reclining amazon: 10.1 mi
  • Castle Tower: 10.1 mi
  • The Bathers: 10.1 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Boundary: 8.5 mi
  • Griffis Sculpture Park: Mill Valley Road site: 10.2 mi
  • Griffis Sculpture Park: Rohr Hill site: 10.4 mi
  • Cattaraugus County Fair: 11.8 mi
  • Graycliff: 21.0 mi
Museums: 11
  • South Dayton Depot Movie and Rail Museum: 9.3 mi
  • Schoolhouse #8 History Center & Museum: 12.8 mi
  • Warner Museum: 12.9 mi
  • Concord Mercantile/ Heritage Building: 12.9 mi
  • Ellicottville Historical Museum: 14.5 mi
Beaches: 10
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 1
  • Melissa's Spring: 0.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Ensminger Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shutts HillSSE 169°733 m14.4 mi
McCarty HillSE 139°710 m14.8 mi
Parker HillS 177°708 m17.8 mi
Lindell LookoutSSE 150°707 m17.2 mi
Poverty HillSE 128°706 m12.0 mi
Watson HillSE 139°697 m11.5 mi
Fish HillSE 140°697 m12.8 mi
Laidlaw HillESE 117°697 m21.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5119:28
June solstice05:3920:1420:57
September equinox07:0418:3819:15
December solstice07:4216:0116:46

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232533445766696861493929
Precip in4.94.23.84.03.74.23.74.55.05.34.85.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Perrysburg, 7 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs9279711,5571,4157404773272723164467431,019

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Cattaraugus Creek AT Gowanda NY, 4 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/10685815733

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