Gipson Falls
Gipson Falls is a waterfall in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 420 m. Huckleberry Mountain stands 762 m to the southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Angel Falls, a waterfall 0.1 miles away.
What the record says
- Height
- 6.1 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- High Knob: 3.4 mi
- Rough Hill: 3.7 mi
- Round Top: 4.0 mi
- Camp Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Scalte Knob: 4.7 mi
- Angel Falls: 0.1 mi
- Andrea Falls: 2.4 mi
- Dry Run Falls: 2.5 mi
- Old Bark Falls: 2.7 mi
- Lee's Falls: 4.8 mi
- Forksville Borough Community Park: 7.5 mi
- King's Beach, Picture Rocks Park: 8.0 mi
- Van Rensselaer Park: 8.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park of Picture Rocks: 8.4 mi
- Laporte Borough Ball Park: 9.5 mi
- Picture Rocks Veterans Memorial: 8.4 mi
- Flight 800 Memorial: 16.0 mi
- Powder House: 16.4 mi
- Laquin Lumber Co. mill: 16.5 mi
- Barclay Incline Brakehouse: 17.0 mi
- Eagles Mere: 5.0 mi
- Endless Mountains War Memorial Museum: 6.9 mi
- Eagles Mere Air Museum and Eagles Mere Auto Museum: 7.6 mi
- Baldwin House: 9.7 mi
- Sullivan County Historical Society Museum: 9.7 mi
- The Dell: 5.1 mi
- Tamarack Run Natural Area: 9.6 mi
- Elklick Run Wilderness Area: 10.4 mi
- Conklin Run Wilderness Area: 10.6 mi
- Rider Park: 14.2 mi
- Mighty Casey: 19.4 mi
- Bases Loaded (B): 19.8 mi
- Bases Loaded (C): 19.8 mi
- Bases Loaded (D): 19.8 mi
- Bases Loaded (A): 19.8 mi
- Picture Rocks: 8.0 mi
- "The Pier": 13.0 mi
- Fisher Point: 21.9 mi
- Dry Run Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
- Glens Picnic Area: 21.9 mi
- Hillsgrove Covered Bridge: 4.7 mi
- Forksville Covered Bridge: 7.7 mi
- Mineral Spring: 6.5 mi
- Gibson Hollow Spring: 18.4 mi
- Baldwin House Garden: 9.7 mi
- STREAM Garden: 19.5 mi
- Sullivan County Fairgrounds: 7.5 mi
- Lake Jean Beach: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Gipson Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huckleberry Mountain | SE 128° | 762 m | 11.8 mi |
| Cahill Mountain | NNE 16° | 703 m | 14.3 mi |
| Lake Knob | N 8° | 687 m | 13.4 mi |
| Central Mountain | ESE 111° | 685 m | 18.3 mi |
| Chimneystack Rock | ESE 110° | 684 m | 18.8 mi |
| Bodine Mountain | WNW 289° | 659 m | 17.8 mi |
| Burnetts Ridge | NW 308° | 656 m | 10.3 mi |
| Collins Hill | NNE 27° | 654 m | 15.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:42 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 20:03 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:56 | 16:41 |
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 | 22 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laporte, 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 | 54.0 | 51.6 | 82.8 | 84.9 | 58.7 | 30.7 | 23.0 | 22.7 | 25.8 | 35.6 | 55.0 | 64.2 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Muncy Creek near Sonestown, PA, 8 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/13073269006
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