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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
  • Ball Mountain Dam: 2.4 mi
  • Ball Mountain Dam: 2.4 mi
  • Quarterpipe: 3.7 mi
  • Jumping Rock: 4.6 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: 5
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 MountainWSW 247°1,194 m8.8 mi
Styles PeakNW 317°1,028 m12.9 mi
Bromley MountainNW 306°1,000 m10.9 mi
Rice HillSSW 197°895 m11.4 mi
Glebe MountainN 3°891 m3.6 mi
Terrible MountainN 5°873 m12.3 mi
Whites HillSSW 191°803 m10.4 mi
Cooper HillSSW 193°782 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 5080 °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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