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Glen Ellis Falls

Glen Ellis Falls is a waterfall in New Hampshire, at a recorded elevation of 559 m. Mount Washington stands 1,917 m to the northwest, 3.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Glen Ellis Scenic Area, a picnic site 0.2 miles away. Presidential Range Tour runs past it.

The story

Waterfall in Jackson, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA.

Wikidata Q115199042, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Height
19.5 m
Elevation
559 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.24423, -71.25247

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Prospect Farm: 3.2 mi
  • Durand Lake: 9.1 mi
  • William H. Peek Memorial Park: 9.1 mi
  • Randolf Springs Town Park: 9.2 mi
  • Mossy Glen: 9.3 mi
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 48
Attractions: 39
  • ZipRider Wildcat Mountain: 1.5 mi
  • Mount Washington Observatory: 3.1 mi
  • Eggs-traordinary Farm Tractors: 9.5 mi
  • Roar-o-Saurus: 9.6 mi
  • Nor'Easter Mountain Coaster: 11.2 mi
Cliffs: 38
Picnic sites: 19
Historic sites: 17
Museums: 16
  • Museum of White Mountain Art / Jackson Historical Society: 7.6 mi
  • Gorham Historical Society & Railroad Museum: 10.6 mi
  • MWOBs Admin Office: 14.4 mi
  • Conway Railroad Museum: 14.6 mi
  • New England Ski Museum: 14.7 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Pleasant Point Town Beach: 17.7 mi
  • Fiddlehead Campground: 20.1 mi
  • Conway Lake Public Beach: 20.5 mi
  • Geneva Beach: 21.7 mi
  • Porridge Shore Beach: 21.8 mi
Springs: 6
  • Gulfside Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Spaulding Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Peabody Spring: 5.6 mi
  • Deer Hill Spring: 13.3 mi
  • lower falls: 15.9 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 15.7 mi
  • Lancaster Community Garden: 23.0 mi
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 24.0 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Hannes Schneider: 14.8 mi
Covered bridges: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Glen Ellis Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WashingtonNW1,917 m3.1 mi
Ball CragNW1,843 m3.1 mi
Agiocochook CragNW1,748 m3.1 mi
Mount AdamsNNW1,748 m5.6 mi
Mount JeffersonNW1,725 m5.2 mi
Nelson CragNW1,708 m3.0 mi
Mount ClayNW1,684 m4.3 mi
Mount Sam AdamsNNW1,682 m5.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1918:57
June solstice05:0219:4920:33
September equinox06:3318:0618:44
December solstice07:1815:2216:10

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161826385059646356453323
Precip in5.34.34.95.75.55.95.55.15.07.85.86.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pinkham Notch, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/3724125232

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