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Gregg Falls

Gregg Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Gregg Falls is a waterfall in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 407 m. Jackson Hill stands 587 m to the north-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Oil Seeps, a spring 0.9 miles away. Lake Wilhelm Scenic Byway passes 25 miles off. 113 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.

What the record says

Width
3 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.54161, -79.66664

113 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 50
  • Petroleum Center Playground: 2.0 mi
  • Rouseville Playground: 4.8 mi
  • The Ed Myer Complex: 5.4 mi
  • Longway Park: 5.6 mi
  • Flemming Park: 5.9 mi
Peaks: 26
  • Foster Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Hoag Hill: 9.7 mi
  • Butcherknife Hill: 12.4 mi
  • Cream Hill: 12.5 mi
  • Point Hill: 12.6 mi
Historic sites: 11
  • Daughters of the American Revolution Monument: 4.8 mi
  • Robert's Torpedo: 5.3 mi
  • Drake Memorial: 6.4 mi
  • Cornplanter: 7.9 mi
  • Vandergrift: 7.9 mi
Museums: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Artworks: 3
Springs: 2
Attractions: 2
  • Tidioute Overlook: 16.9 mi
  • Boulder Ridge Stables: 24.6 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Potters Falls: 19.1 mi
  • Freedom Falls: 21.5 mi
Cliffs: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Clear Lake: 19.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gregg Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jackson HillNNE 21°587 m22.3 mi
Cole HillNE 36°584 m20.0 mi
Turner HillNNE 13°559 m23.8 mi
Stony PointE 92°558 m21.1 mi
Eastman HillN 2°551 m19.1 mi
Baker RocksNNE 29°550 m22.9 mi
Pine HillSSE 152°515 m14.5 mi
Fools KnobENE 74°509 m19.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5419:31
June solstice05:4620:1520:57
September equinox07:0718:4119:18
December solstice07:4316:0816:52

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242533455665696761493929
Precip in3.52.73.54.24.04.94.23.64.14.23.63.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Titusville WTR WKS, 6 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs7167341,059917599391246172202269501713

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Oil Creek at Rouseville, PA, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7741424936

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