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Fifth Falls

Fifth Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Fifth Falls is a waterfall in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 250 m. Mystical Mountain stands 470 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Falls, a waterfall 0.5 miles away. North Shore Scenic Drive passes 0.6 miles off. 72 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.

What the record says

Height
4.5 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.14880, -91.47718

72 named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls: 13
Peaks: 12
  • Day Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Mariner Mountain: 12.7 mi
  • Elams Knob: 14.0 mi
  • Round Mountain: 15.3 mi
  • Mount Trudee: 16.8 mi
Parks: 10
  • Silver Creek Cliff Wayside Park: 7.5 mi
  • Kelsey Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Flood Bay State Wayside: 10.9 mi
  • Lakeview Park: 12.3 mi
  • Lakeview Park Playground: 12.4 mi
Beaches: 7
Museums: 5
Historic sites: 4
Rest areas: 4
Picnic sites: 4
Nature reserves: 4
Cliffs: 3
  • Lafayette Bluff: 4.9 mi
  • Palisade Head: 17.2 mi
  • Kennedy Cliff: 23.4 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Big Chairs: 10.4 mi
  • Lake County Fairgrounds: 11.4 mi
  • Devil's Rock: 19.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fifth Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mystical MountainNE 40°470 m20.3 mi
Marshall MountainNE 41°428 m20.8 mi
Palisade HeadNE 46°284 m17.0 mi
Day HillNE 55°258 m5.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:3819:19
June solstice05:1120:1821:06
September equinox06:5318:2519:06
December solstice07:5015:2716:19

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F101426395160656455432916
Precip in1.31.31.72.93.54.53.73.63.73.32.32.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — TWO Harbors 7NW, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/994884965

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