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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. 111 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 of them named summits.

What the record says

Width
3 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.54161, -79.66664

111 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 49
  • 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: 25
  • 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 HillNNE587 m22.3 mi
Cole HillNE584 m20.0 mi
Turner HillNNE559 m23.8 mi
Stony PointE558 m21.1 mi
Eastman HillN551 m19.1 mi
Baker RocksNNE550 m22.9 mi
Pine HillSSE515 m14.5 mi
Fools KnobENE509 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 50–80 °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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