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First Falls

First Falls, seen from above at true elevation

First Falls is a waterfall in New York, at a modelled elevation of 91 m. Spruce Mountain stands 612 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Second Falls, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. Mohawk Towpath Byway passes 2.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
2 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.87604, -73.92435

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hemlock Hollow: 0.3 mi
  • Indian Meadows Park: 1.0 mi
  • Andersen Park: 1.1 mi
  • Christiana Open Space: 1.3 mi
  • Legacy Park: 2.9 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Historic sites
  • Country Club: 2.1 mi
  • Pexford House: 2.3 mi
  • Family Cemetery: 2.5 mi
  • Rexford Aqueduct: 2.5 mi
  • Erie Canal Lock 21: 2.6 mi
Peaks
Gardens: 40
Artworks: 35
  • Chester Arthur: 4.0 mi
  • The U: 4.0 mi
  • William Seward: 4.3 mi
  • Harriet Tubman: 4.3 mi
  • Boy Scouts of America 40th Anniversary Crusade to Strengthen the Arms of Liberty Statue of Liberty: 4.4 mi
Attractions: 34
  • The Capital Region Entertainment Hall of Fame: 4.5 mi
  • Stanford Mausoleum: 15.1 mi
  • President Chester Arthur Grave: 15.1 mi
  • Uncle Sam's Grave: 15.2 mi
  • United Methodist Church bell: 15.2 mi
Waterfalls: 31
Springs: 15
  • Karista Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Tallulah Spring: 13.5 mi
  • non-carbonated water: 13.5 mi
  • Polaris: 13.5 mi
  • Hayes Spring: 13.5 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Maclachan Ridge: 10.4 mi
  • Cohoes Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Cave Wall: 15.4 mi
  • Lower Misery Wall: 15.5 mi
  • Water Streak Wall: 15.5 mi
Beaches: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Clifton Park Rest Area: 7.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 20.7 mi
  • I-90 Eastbound Parking/Rest Area: 24.2 mi
  • I-90 Westbound Parking/Rest Area: 24.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Schoharie Crossing Launch: 19.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.3 miles of First Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spruce MountainN 2°612 m23.5 mi
Unchachogue CreekSSW 213°597 m24.1 mi
Rundy Cup MountainSW 227°570 m23.4 mi
Filkins HillSSW 203°550 m20.7 mi
Irish HillSSW 208°502 m20.8 mi
Bald BluffNNW 336°500 m21.3 mi
Wolf HillS 190°495 m20.0 mi
East HillSSW 208°448 m21.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:1819:5520:39
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2415:3916:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242736486068737164514130
Precip in2.62.33.13.13.44.14.63.83.73.93.03.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albany Intl AP, 11 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs7,3946,6219,78412,3266,8465,0103,7752,9022,9714,6605,9188,673

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Mohawk River AT Freeman's Bridge AT Schenectady NY, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7426393150

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