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Harper Falls

Harper Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Harper Falls is a waterfall in New York, at a recorded elevation of 235 m. Marble Mountain stands 587 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Palmer Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. Black River Trail passes 13 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
235 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.43537, -75.07502

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 27
  • Crary Mills Playground: 9.9 mi
  • Taylor Park: 10.3 mi
  • Intramural Field: 11.3 mi
  • Bend in the River Park: 11.5 mi
  • Stone Valley Cooperative Recreational Area: 11.8 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Lampson Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Pelkys Falls: 2.7 mi
  • Hart's Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Basford Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Sinclair Falls: 6.9 mi
Attractions: 6
  • The Tub: 10.9 mi
  • The Narrows: 10.9 mi
  • Lucy's Hole: 11.2 mi
  • Giant ADK Chair: 11.5 mi
  • Giant ADK Chair: 11.5 mi
Artworks: 4
Museums: 4
  • Potsdam Museum: 16.8 mi
  • Saint Lawrence Power and Equipment Museum: 21.2 mi
  • Walker House Museum: 22.0 mi
  • Town of Diana Historical Soc: 23.1 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Taylor Park Beach: 10.3 mi
  • Postwood Park: 12.7 mi
  • Cranberry Lake Day Use Area on eastern Fred Island: 21.9 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Permaculture Garden: 11.5 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Harper Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Marble MountainSSE 149°587 m18.2 mi
Twin MountainSSE 155°574 m17.8 mi
Baldface MountainESE 104°571 m13.1 mi
Buck MountainSSE 149°570 m16.8 mi
Maple MountainS 178°569 m19.3 mi
Littl Blue MountainESE 114°563 m13.8 mi
Wilson MountainSE 129°563 m14.1 mi
Catamount MountainE 92°553 m15.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3419:13
June solstice05:1720:0420:49
September equinox06:4818:2119:00
December solstice07:3415:3616:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F171929435665696760483725
Precip in2.22.02.33.03.13.83.93.43.94.82.92.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canton 4 SE, 10 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Feb–Apr, Nov–Dec — fullest in Apr, leanest in Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs35.343.883.211739.224.911.213.710.626.650.148.2

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Elm Creek Near Hermon NY, 7 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/11006387678

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