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High Rock Falls

High Rock Falls, seen from above at true elevation

High Rock Falls is a waterfall in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 375 m. Huckleberry Mountain stands 762 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Cottonwood Falls, a waterfall 0.8 miles away.

What the record says

Height
8 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.47396, -76.58107

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Molyneux Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Pole Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Wright Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Lambert Hill: 4.2 mi
Waterfalls: 52
Parks: 26
  • Forksville Borough Community Park: 1.5 mi
  • Laporte Borough Ball Park: 5.6 mi
  • Sullivan County Public Park: 5.7 mi
  • Cosgrove Memorial Park: 5.8 mi
  • King's Beach, Picture Rocks Park: 14.9 mi
Historic sites: 15
Museums: 12
  • Eagles Mere: 4.3 mi
  • Eagles Mere Air Museum and Eagles Mere Auto Museum: 4.7 mi
  • Baldwin House: 5.7 mi
  • Sullivan County Historical Society Museum: 5.7 mi
  • Endless Mountains War Memorial Museum: 8.3 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Attractions: 3
  • Sullivan County Fairgrounds: 1.1 mi
  • Luther's Mills Covered Bridge: 21.6 mi
  • Laporte House: 23.0 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Springs: 2
  • Mineral Spring: 1.7 mi
  • Railroad Springs: 23.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Cliffs: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Baldwin House Garden: 5.7 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Lake Jean Beach: 18.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of High Rock Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Huckleberry MountainSSE 161°762 m13.5 mi
RoundtopSSE 156°758 m10.2 mi
Grand ViewSE 129°745 m18.1 mi
Red Rock MountainSE 130°721 m17.4 mi
Tyler MountainENE 73°718 m17.3 mi
Hatch MountainNNE 29°704 m12.4 mi
Cahill MountainN 353°703 m8.2 mi
Huckleberry MountainNNE 22°700 m10.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4219:19
June solstice05:3320:0220:44
September equinox06:5418:2919:05
December solstice07:3015:5616:40

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222331435563686659473727
Precip in4.53.13.84.24.64.75.35.15.24.63.84.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laporte, 6 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs54.051.682.884.958.730.723.022.725.835.655.064.2

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Muncy Creek near Sonestown, PA, 8 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/13153494309

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