Glen Falls
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Glen Falls is a waterfall in New York, at a modelled elevation of 198 m. East Hill stands 509 m to the south, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Glen Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 7.2 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Glen Falls is a small waterfall located on Ellicott Creek in the village of Williamsville, New York. The hydropower provided by the falls made it an ideal site for a number of early watermills used to grind grist and to power sawmills. One of the earliest settlers of what is now Williamsville, Jonas Williams, owned two mills on opposite sides of Ellicott Creek. The name of these mills, Williams Mills, eventually transformed into the name of the village in which the falls is located, Williamsville. The falls has a vertical drop of approximately 30 feet (9.1 m). The vertical drop is part of the Onondaga Escarpment, a portion of which runs through Williamsville. Today, the falls forms part of the eastern border of Glen Park. Glen Falls has a very similar name to the city of Glens Falls, which is located in the far eastern portion of New York State, over 200 miles (320 km) from Williamsville.
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Wikidata Q5567746, linked from the OpenStreetMap record's article tag.
What the record says
- Height
- 9.1 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 7.2 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
- 12.1 mi off the Western New York Southtowns Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Buffalo City Hall Observation Deck · 9 mi
- Bridge overlook · 9 mi
- Duck Blind · 9 mi
- North Viewing Blind · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Glen Park: 0.1 mi
- Island Park: 0.2 mi
- Garrison Park: 0.3 mi
- Amherst State Park: 0.6 mi
- North Forest Park: 0.7 mi
- Mary with child: 0.3 mi
- Tanglewood, 2006: 2.5 mi
- Russell J. Salvatore: 2.6 mi
- UB Buffalo: 3.2 mi
- Baird Point Columns: 3.3 mi
- U.S. Barracks 1812: 0.3 mi
- Oechsner Castle: 0.4 mi
- Amherst Veterans Memorial: 0.7 mi
- War of 1812 Cemetery: 1.4 mi
- Erin: 2.0 mi
- Giraffes: 5.7 mi
- Polar Bear: 5.7 mi
- Addax: 5.8 mi
- M&T Bank Rainforest Falls: 5.8 mi
- Sea Lion Cove: 5.8 mi
- The Meeting House: 0.1 mi
- Buffalo AKG Art Museum: 2.1 mi
- disAbility museum: 3.2 mi
- Darwin D. Martin House: 5.6 mi
- Greater Lancaster Museum of Firefighting: 5.7 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment: 2.8 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment: 4.6 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment: 5.4 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment: 5.9 mi
- old gravel pit: 6.7 mi
- Grace Plaza: 3.4 mi
- Grace Plaza: 3.4 mi
- Walled Garden: 6.4 mi
- Inspiration Garden: 7.3 mi
- Memorial garden: 7.5 mi
- Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve And Environmental Education Center: 5.5 mi
- Tillman Road Wildlife Management Area: 7.0 mi
- Spicer Creek Wildlife Management Area: 8.8 mi
- Strawberry Island: 9.2 mi
- Times Beach Nature Preserve: 9.5 mi
- Akron Falls: 13.6 mi
- Upper Akron Falls: 13.7 mi
- Indian Falls: 15.2 mi
- Royalton Falls: 17.0 mi
- Indian Falls: 17.9 mi
- Lighthouse Point Park: 9.4 mi
- Buffalo Main Light: 9.5 mi
- Buffalo North breakwater East end Light: 9.5 mi
- Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light: 11.0 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 11.0 mi
- Pavilion #2: 6.3 mi
- Amanda's Place Pavilion: 8.4 mi
- Eco Island: 14.1 mi
- Locust Grove Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
- Emerald Beach: 9.2 mi
- Gallagher Beach: 10.2 mi
- Beaver Island Beach: 10.5 mi
- Bedford Beach: 19.5 mi
- Eden Text Stop: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Glen Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Hill | S 175° | 509 m | 21.5 mi |
| Crow Hill | SSE 147° | 500 m | 24.3 mi |
| Orr Hill | ESE 117° | 497 m | 23.9 mi |
| Vermont Hill | SSE 152° | 488 m | 23.5 mi |
| East Boston Hill | S 176° | 486 m | 21.0 mi |
| Blanchard Hill | S 170° | 481 m | 22.8 mi |
| Rice Hill | S 183° | 466 m | 23.4 mi |
| Poland Hill | ESE 117° | 465 m | 22.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:50 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:15 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 15:58 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buffalo, 1 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Nov–Apr — fullest in Mar, leanest in Jul.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 188 | 198 | 270 | 218 | 126 | 81.5 | 52.2 | 52.3 | 62.3 | 88.0 | 146 | 207 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Ellicott Creek Below Williamsville NY, 1 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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