First Falls
First Falls is a waterfall in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 330 m. Armenia Mountain stands 734 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Second Falls, a waterfall 0.1 miles away.
What the record says
- Height
- 10 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Band Rock: 0.4 mi
- Laurel Hill: 2.1 mi
- Pickenville Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Sullivan Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Hickory Knob: 3.4 mi
- Liberty Borough Ball Park: 8.4 mi
- Helen Lutes Softball Field: 10.1 mi
- Trout Run Park: 11.9 mi
- James E. Short Park: 17.9 mi
- Forksville Borough Community Park: 18.1 mi
- Second Falls: 0.1 mi
- Third Falls: 0.2 mi
- Upper Middle Branch Falls: 9.5 mi
- Lower Middle Branch Falls: 9.5 mi
- Jacoby Falls: 9.6 mi
- Powder House: 0.4 mi
- Laquin Lumber Co. mill: 17.2 mi
- Veteran Memorial: 18.5 mi
- Barclay Incline Brakehouse: 18.7 mi
- Flight 800 Memorial: 19.2 mi
- Manley-Bohlayer House: 12.0 mi
- Leroy Heritage Museum: 16.2 mi
- Thomas T. Taber Museum: 20.0 mi
- Eagles Mere: 20.5 mi
- Peter J. McGovern Museum and Official Store: 20.6 mi
- Bases Loaded (B): 19.8 mi
- Bases Loaded (A): 19.8 mi
- Bases Loaded (C): 19.8 mi
- Bases Loaded (D): 19.8 mi
- Motorcycle: 20.3 mi
- Rider Park: 12.3 mi
- State Game Lands Number 114: 16.2 mi
- The Dell: 20.5 mi
- Tamarack Run Natural Area: 22.3 mi
- State Game Lands Number 268: 22.3 mi
- Masten: 6.8 mi
- Fall Brook: 10.7 mi
- Landrus: 15.6 mi
- Laquin: 17.1 mi
- Barclay: 18.9 mi
- Fisher Point: 13.8 mi
- "The Pier": 14.0 mi
- Picture Rocks: 21.1 mi
- Fishery Point: 23.5 mi
- Railroad Springs: 18.8 mi
- Mineral Spring: 20.0 mi
- Gibson Hollow Spring: 20.6 mi
- Cummings Spring: 21.3 mi
- Hillsgrove Covered Bridge: 15.1 mi
- Forksville Covered Bridge: 18.2 mi
- Sullivan County Fairgrounds: 18.4 mi
- Mistletoe Farm: 22.9 mi
- STREAM Garden: 19.4 mi
- Baldwin House Garden: 24.6 mi
- Dry Run Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of First Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armenia Mountain | NNE 15° | 734 m | 11.9 mi |
| Huckleberry Mountain | NNW 339° | 710 m | 7.5 mi |
| Laurel Hill | W 265° | 707 m | 6.9 mi |
| Laurel Mountain | WSW 246° | 707 m | 8.7 mi |
| Brier Mountain | NW 321° | 680 m | 8.1 mi |
| Pine Hill | NNW 336° | 676 m | 14.5 mi |
| Sugar Hill | W 264° | 674 m | 11.9 mi |
| Bodine Mountain | SW 220° | 659 m | 4.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:43 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 20:04 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 15:57 | 16:42 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 34 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 49 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canton, 10 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Nov–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 300 | 296 | 576 | 600 | 385 | 199 | 126 | 99.0 | 127 | 179 | 297 | 333 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Lycoming Creek near Trout Run, PA, 9 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/9153385525
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