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Hamilton Falls

Hamilton Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Hamilton Falls is a waterfall in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 393 m. Stratton Mountain stands 1,194 m to the west-southwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Shatterack Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Scenic Route 100 Byway passes 14 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates43.13628, -72.76415

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ball Mountain Dam: 2.4 mi
  • Quarterpipe: 3.7 mi
  • Jumping Rock: 4.6 mi
  • Lowell Lake State Park: 6.3 mi
  • Pingree Park: 7.0 mi
Museums: 21
Historic sites: 12
  • civil war: 12.2 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 15.0 mi
  • The Revolutionary War: 15.6 mi
  • Hildene Main House: 15.9 mi
  • Korean War Veterans Memorial: 16.9 mi
Covered bridges: 8
Waterfalls: 7
  • Lye Brook Falls: 13.9 mi
  • McGinn Falls: 16.4 mi
  • Natural Bridge Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Buttermilk Lower Falls: 20.8 mi
  • Buttermilk Middle Falls: 20.8 mi
Attractions: 5
Artworks: 5
  • Art Gallery: 6.9 mi
  • Bear: 7.3 mi
  • Stratton Bear: 8.4 mi
  • Smith's clothespin: 18.1 mi
  • Molly Stark: 19.3 mi
Cliffs: 4
Beaches: 4
  • Green Mountain Beach: 18.1 mi
  • Corona Beach: 20.7 mi
  • Stoughton Pond Recreation Area: 21.3 mi
  • The Ledges: 21.6 mi
Gardens: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 1
  • Spruce Peak Shelter Spring: 12.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Hamilton Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stratton MountainWSW1,194 m8.8 mi
Styles PeakNW1,028 m12.9 mi
Bromley MountainNW1,000 m10.9 mi
Rice HillSSW895 m11.4 mi
Glebe MountainN891 m3.6 mi
Terrible MountainN873 m12.3 mi
Whites HillSSW803 m10.4 mi
Cooper HillSSW782 m13.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1219:5220:35
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:2015:3316:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172128405361666457463424
Precip in3.93.44.14.04.15.04.54.64.05.23.74.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Peru, 11 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs3152865931,225561267168125139278368415

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge West River AT Jamaica, VT, 2 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/8773690444

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