Eternal Flame Falls
Eternal Flame Falls is a waterfall in New York, at a modelled elevation of 336 m. Crumb Hill stands 622 m to the south, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Ward Monument, a historic site 0.6 miles away. Western New York Southtowns Scenic Byway runs past it. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Eternal Flame Falls is a small waterfall located in the Shale Creek Preserve, a section of Chestnut Ridge Park in Western New York. A small grotto at the waterfall's base emits natural gas, which can be lit to produce a small flame. This flame is visible nearly year round, although it can be extinguished and must occasionally be re-lit.
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Wikidata Q5402647, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 9 m
How to reach it
- On the Western New York Southtowns Scenic Byway
- 7.4 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pipeline Confluence · 1 mi
- Hamburg Clock Tower · 8 mi
- Top of Mound · 10 mi
- Observation Mound · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ward Monument: 0.6 mi
- Veterans memorial: 3.5 mi
- Scranton Fire Fighter Memorial: 4.9 mi
- Incinerator Ruins: 7.8 mi
- Children's Memorial Park monument: 10.0 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Park: 0.8 mi
- North Boston Stadium: 1.4 mi
- Chestnut Ridge SleddingHills: 1.5 mi
- Boston Town Park: 3.5 mi
- Veterans Park: 3.5 mi
- Roycroft Renaissance Monument: 8.2 mi
- Start Over Again: 12.6 mi
- Statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary: 12.9 mi
- Shark Girl: 13.8 mi
- Vroom, Shhh: 13.8 mi
- Hamburg Fairgrounds: 4.0 mi
- Historical Building: 4.1 mi
- Firemens Building: 4.2 mi
- Fisher Price Toy Store: 8.6 mi
- Graycliff: 11.3 mi
- Hamburg Historical museum: 4.5 mi
- Orchard Park Historical Society: 4.5 mi
- Elbert Hubbard Roycroft Museum and ScheideMantel House: 7.9 mi
- Millard Fillmore House: 8.0 mi
- Roycroft Campus: 8.1 mi
- East Boston Hill: 3.4 mi
- East Hill: 4.0 mi
- Rice Hill: 5.3 mi
- Blanchard Hill: 6.3 mi
- South Hill: 8.9 mi
- Anna Mae Bacon Bird Sanctuary: 4.0 mi
- Hampton Brook Woods Wildlife Management Area: 4.4 mi
- Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Reserve: 6.6 mi
- Clear Lake Wildlife Managment Area: 11.2 mi
- Tifft Nature Preserve: 11.3 mi
- Aurora Community Gardens: 8.1 mi
- Broadway Community Garden: 14.0 mi
- Trial Gardens: 14.0 mi
- Inspiration Garden: 14.4 mi
- Walled Garden: 14.8 mi
- Gallagher Beach: 11.2 mi
- Emerald Beach: 14.4 mi
- Wendt Beach: 15.4 mi
- Zoar Valley Beach: 15.9 mi
- Bennett Beach: 16.1 mi
- Mattulke Falls: 6.1 mi
- Cromer's Mill: 6.6 mi
- Glen Falls: 18.1 mi
- Ensminger Falls: 20.8 mi
- Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light: 10.8 mi
- Lighthouse Point Park: 14.0 mi
- Buffalo Main Light: 14.0 mi
- Buffalo North breakwater East end Light: 14.0 mi
- Mossy Point: 11.0 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment: 19.4 mi
- old gravel pit: 19.4 mi
- Amanda's Place Pavilion: 10.0 mi
- Hammock Haven: 18.8 mi
- Eden Text Stop: 9.5 mi
- Melissa's Spring: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Eternal Flame Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crumb Hill | S 176° | 622 m | 23.6 mi |
| Blue Hill | SE 141° | 614 m | 17.7 mi |
| Bailey Hill | S 175° | 612 m | 23.6 mi |
| Parker Hill | S 175° | 605 m | 20.1 mi |
| Burns Hill | SSE 158° | 604 m | 20.9 mi |
| Bread Loaf Hill | SSE 153° | 593 m | 18.0 mi |
| Armstrong Hill | S 178° | 591 m | 22.6 mi |
| Mount Tug | S 178° | 587 m | 20.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:50 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:14 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 15:59 | 16:45 |
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 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 49 | 38 | 29 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Colden 1W, 4 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Nov–Apr — fullest in Mar, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 179 | 196 | 223 | 186 | 96.3 | 36.6 | 32.0 | 18.2 | 27.1 | 72.8 | 162 | 209 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Eighteenmile Creek AT Hamburg NY, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/3647404249
Day trips start here
- Cattaraugus · 26 mi
- Cattaraugus County · 29 mi
- Ellicottville · 30 mi
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