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Hatch Brook Falls

Hatch Brook Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Hatch Brook Falls is a waterfall in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 185 m. Mohawk Mountain stands 513 m to the east-southeast, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Knob, a peak 0.5 miles away.

This waterfall can be seen or accessed by walking off the Pine Knob Loop Trail towards this location in Hatch Brook.

What the record says

Height
9 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.83562, -73.38665

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Waterfalls: 41
Museums: 32
Historic sites: 30
Attractions: 26
  • Town Hill Farm: 7.3 mi
  • Gagarin Grove: 9.2 mi
  • Peter's Forge: 9.6 mi
  • Giant's Thumb: 9.7 mi
  • Dover Stone Church: 12.4 mi
Cliffs: 21
Beaches: 11
Gardens: 4
  • Judea Garden: 10.9 mi
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 13.5 mi
  • Innisfree Garden: 19.5 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 22.5 mi
Springs: 4
  • Cannavo Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Hermit spring: 17.5 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 20.8 mi
  • Big Spring: 21.4 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 18.9 mi
  • Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 22.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Artworks: 2
Covered bridges: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.0 miles of Hatch Brook Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mohawk MountainESE 102°513 m4.7 mi
The PinnacleESE 103°502 m4.3 mi
Red MountainE 81°499 m5.0 mi
Sedgwick MountainENE 65°495 m6.2 mi
Bartholomew HillE 81°484 m5.6 mi
Ellsworth HillSW 236°473 m4.1 mi
Howe MountainNE 42°473 m6.7 mi
Woodbury MountainSE 143°464 m3.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:1919:5120:33
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1815:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475866716962514030
Precip in3.02.63.43.33.94.84.84.44.74.73.53.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falls Village, 8 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs55.754.885.089.859.043.030.324.027.537.144.960.7

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Salmon Creek AT Lime Rock, CT, 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/7306666293

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