Ensminger Falls
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
- 11.6 mi off the Western New York Southtowns Scenic Byway
- 15.4 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Cliff top · 21 mi
- Pipeline Confluence · 21 mi
- Hamburg Clock Tower · 25 mi
- Top of Mound · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Hammond Hill: 7.4 mi
- Mount Tug: 7.5 mi
- Cobble Knob: 7.8 mi
- Armstrong Hill: 8.0 mi
- Parker Hill: 8.6 mi
- Deer Lick Conservation Area: 0.4 mi
- Cattaraugus State Forest: 7.5 mi
- Clear Lake Wildlife Managment Area: 9.8 mi
- Allenberg Bog Audubon Nature Preserve: 10.2 mi
- Elkdale State Forest: 14.0 mi
- 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
- Yoga amazon: 10.1 mi
- Amazon: 10.1 mi
- Reclining amazon: 10.1 mi
- Castle Tower: 10.1 mi
- The Bathers: 10.1 mi
- 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
- 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
- Zoar Valley Naturist Area: 1.6 mi
- Zoar Valley Beach: 7.8 mi
- Hanover Town Beach: 16.7 mi
- Point Breeze Beach: 18.0 mi
- Bennett Beach: 19.1 mi
- Cromer's Mill: 15.6 mi
- Mattulke Falls: 20.5 mi
- Eternal Flame Falls: 20.8 mi
- Bridal falls: 24.2 mi
- South Buffalo North Side Light: 24.5 mi
- Veterans Museum & Light Keeper's House: 24.6 mi
- Dunkirk Light: 24.6 mi
- Dunkirk Lighthouse & Veterans Park Museum: 24.6 mi
- Melissa's Spring: 0.3 mi
- Eden Text Stop: 18.9 mi
- Witchs Walk: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of Ensminger Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shutts Hill | SSE 169° | 733 m | 14.4 mi |
| McCarty Hill | SE 139° | 710 m | 14.8 mi |
| Chapell Hill | SE 131° | 708 m | 24.5 mi |
| Lindell Lookout | SSE 150° | 707 m | 17.2 mi |
| Poverty Hill | SE 128° | 706 m | 12.0 mi |
| Watson Hill | SE 139° | 697 m | 11.5 mi |
| Fish Hill | SE 140° | 697 m | 12.8 mi |
| Laidlaw Hill | ESE 117° | 697 m | 21.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:51 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:14 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:38 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:01 | 16:46 |
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 | 23 | 25 | 33 | 44 | 57 | 66 | 69 | 68 | 61 | 49 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 5.8 |
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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 927 | 971 | 1,557 | 1,415 | 740 | 477 | 327 | 272 | 316 | 446 | 743 | 1,019 |
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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10685815733
Day trips start here
- Cattaraugus · 6 mi
- Little Valley · 12 mi
- Cattaraugus County · 14 mi
- Ellicottville · 15 mi
- Randolph · 18 mi
- Salamanca · 20 mi
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