High Rock Falls
High Rock Falls is a waterfall in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 375 m. Roundtop stands 758 m to the south-southeast, 10 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
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Cottonwood Falls: 0.8 mi
- Alpine Falls: 1.5 mi
- Cold Run Waterfall: 1.5 mi
- Tamarack Falls: 2.6 mi
- Lee's Falls: 2.9 mi
- 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
- Barclay Incline Brakehouse: 11.4 mi
- Laquin Lumber Co. mill: 11.4 mi
- Picture Rocks Veterans Memorial: 15.3 mi
- tannery: 16.2 mi
- saw mill: 16.3 mi
- 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
- Tamarack Run Natural Area: 3.0 mi
- The Dell: 4.2 mi
- Conklin Run Wilderness Area: 6.4 mi
- Elklick Run Wilderness Area: 6.7 mi
- State Game Lands Number 142: 14.0 mi
- Sullivan County Fairgrounds: 1.1 mi
- Luther's Mills Covered Bridge: 21.6 mi
- Laporte House: 23.0 mi
- Forksville Covered Bridge: 1.4 mi
- Hillsgrove Covered Bridge: 4.7 mi
- Mineral Spring: 1.7 mi
- Railroad Springs: 23.8 mi
- Dry Run Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
- Glens Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
- Picture Rocks: 14.9 mi
- "The Pier": 20.0 mi
- Baldwin House Garden: 5.7 mi
- Lake Jean Beach: 18.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of High Rock Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roundtop | SSE 156° | 758 m | 10.2 mi |
| Grand View | SE 129° | 745 m | 18.1 mi |
| Red Rock Mountain | SE 130° | 721 m | 17.4 mi |
| Tyler Mountain | ENE 73° | 718 m | 17.3 mi |
| Hatch Mountain | NNE 29° | 704 m | 12.4 mi |
| Cahill Mountain | N 353° | 703 m | 8.2 mi |
| Huckleberry Mountain | NNE 22° | 700 m | 10.2 mi |
| Dutch Mountain | E 90° | 695 m | 18.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:42 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:02 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:56 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 54.0 | 51.6 | 82.8 | 84.9 | 58.7 | 30.7 | 23.0 | 22.7 | 25.8 | 35.6 | 55.0 | 64.2 |
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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13153494309
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