High Falls
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High Falls is a waterfall in New York, at a modelled elevation of 138 m. Oak Mountain stands 358 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is High Falls Terrace Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 3.0 miles off.
The story
The High Falls or Upper Falls is a waterfall on the Genesee River in the city of Rochester, New York. They are one of three waterfalls within the city; the Middle and Lower Falls are about 2 miles (3.2 km) downstream. The High Falls area was the site of much of Rochester's early industrial development, where industry was powered by falling water. Brown's Race diverts water from above the falls and was used to feed various flour mills and industries; today the water is used to produce hydroelectric power. The High Falls may be viewed from the Pont De Rennes bridge, a pedestrian bridge that spans the Genesee River a few hundred feet from the base of the falls. The High Falls were the site of the final jump of "The Yankee Leaper" Sam Patch who died after jumping off of the High Falls in 1829. An abstract representation of the High Falls is used on the logo of Rochester New York FC as a symbol of the city.
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Wikidata Q37538, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 29 m
- Width
- 71 m
How to reach it
- 3.0 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Owen's Point · 6 mi
- Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- High Falls Terrace Park: 0.1 mi
- Old Bakersville Park: 0.1 mi
- Genesee Crossroads Park: 0.3 mi
- Schiller Park: 0.4 mi
- Aqueduct Park: 0.4 mi
- Triphammer Forge: 0.1 mi
- ESL Ballpark Walk of Fame: 0.4 mi
- Morrie Silver: 0.4 mi
- Henry Lomb Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Rochester Veterans Memorial: 0.5 mi
- I Am Speaking: 0.3 mi
- I ❤️ ROC: 0.5 mi
- Water Table: 0.5 mi
- Mill Wheel: 0.5 mi
- River Currents: 0.5 mi
- Main Street Bridge: 0.4 mi
- Times Square Building: 0.5 mi
- Harro East Ballroom: 0.5 mi
- Broad Street Bridge: 0.5 mi
- Rundel Memorial Library: 0.6 mi
- Pinnacle Hill: 2.3 mi
- Cobbs Hill: 2.5 mi
- Craig Hill: 6.3 mi
- Paddy Hill: 6.7 mi
- Methodist Hill: 7.1 mi
- High Falls Museum: 0.2 mi
- Rochester Auto Museum: 0.4 mi
- Rochester Contemporary Art Center: 0.7 mi
- National Museum of Play at The Strong: 0.9 mi
- Susan B. Anthony House: 0.9 mi
- Dorris Carlson Reading Garden: 0.6 mi
- Garden of Fragrance: 1.5 mi
- Good Luck Garden: 1.5 mi
- 490 Farms: 1.5 mi
- Maplewood Rose Garden: 1.7 mi
- Upper Falls: 0.7 mi
- Middle Falls: 1.3 mi
- Lower Falls: 1.4 mi
- Norton’s Falls: 2.1 mi
- Densmore Falls: 3.8 mi
- Windsor Beach: 6.4 mi
- Ontario Beach: 6.9 mi
- Hamlin Beach: 22.4 mi
- Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse: 6.3 mi
- Keeper's House: 6.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of High Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Mountain | SSE 153° | 358 m | 21.1 mi |
| Jakman Hill | S 184° | 357 m | 22.3 mi |
| Baptist Hill | SSE 157° | 356 m | 23.9 mi |
| Hopper Hills | SSE 156° | 335 m | 16.3 mi |
| Allens Hill | SSE 168° | 317 m | 22.9 mi |
| Woodchuck Hill | SSE 167° | 297 m | 19.5 mi |
| Taft Hill | SSE 165° | 287 m | 20.3 mi |
| Baker Hill | SE 132° | 282 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:45 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:11 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 15:52 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 27 | 35 | 47 | 59 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rochester GTR Intl, 4 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 3,064 | 3,379 | 5,736 | 5,911 | 3,505 | 2,142 | 1,404 | 1,068 | 1,124 | 1,669 | 2,401 | 3,165 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Genesee River AT Ford Street Bridge, Rochester NY, 1 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/897917122
Day trips start here
- Farmington · 19 mi
- Palmyra · 20 mi
- Williamson · 22 mi
- Canandaigua · 25 mi
- Newark · 27 mi
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