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Grand Falls

Grand Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Grand Falls is a waterfall in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 120 m. Baxter Peak stands 1,605 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Shack Hill, a peak 1.4 miles away. KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY passes 3.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
6 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.61437, -68.70460
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 20
  • Carmen Brigalli Memorial Playground: 2.4 mi
  • Kermit Crandall Park: 2.7 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 2.7 mi
  • Hillcrest Park: 3.3 mi
  • Katahdin Pride Park: 3.5 mi
Nature reserves: 13
Historic sites: 11
  • Little Italy Veterans: 2.4 mi
  • Rev Joseph D. Quinn: 2.5 mi
  • World Wars Memorial: 2.6 mi
  • Civilian Conservation Corps: 2.6 mi
  • Millinocket Veterans Memorial: 2.7 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Mud Gauntlet Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Gauntlet Falls: 16.8 mi
  • Cooper Brook Falls: 18.6 mi
  • Abol Falls: 19.4 mi
  • Tumbledown Dick Falls: 19.6 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Togue Pond Beach: 17.0 mi
  • Rum Brook Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
  • Abol Beach Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
  • Lunksoos Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
  • Katahdin Lake Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Dolby Flowage: 5.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 8.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 8.3 mi
  • Grindstone Falls Rest Area: 9.7 mi
Cliffs: 3
Museums: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Big Omaha Beach: 15.6 mi
  • Long Beach, Lower Togue Pond, Baxter State Park, Millinocket, Maine, USA: 15.8 mi
Springs: 2
Attractions: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of Grand Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baxter PeakNNW 333°1,605 m22.6 mi
South PeakNNW 333°1,603 m22.4 mi
PamolaNNW 334°1,495 m22.4 mi
Chimney PeakNNW 334°1,491 m22.3 mi
Hamlin PeakNNW 333°1,446 m24.0 mi
Howe PeaksNNW 334°1,416 m24.5 mi
The OwlNNW 329°1,104 m23.8 mi
Rum MountainNNW 332°1,026 m21.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0818:47
June solstice04:4619:4220:28
September equinox06:2217:5518:34
December solstice07:1315:0515:54

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131425385161676557443321
Precip in3.42.73.73.83.54.23.93.73.75.04.24.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Millinocket Wastewater, 2 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs1,1661,0291,5975,1214,7182,2171,3149369751,3841,8711,740

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge East Branch Penobscot River at Grindstone, Maine, 10 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/5063385566

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