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Homewood Falls

Homewood Falls, a waterfall in Pennsylvania
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Homewood Falls is a waterfall in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 279 m. Portersville Hill stands 445 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Buttermilk Falls Natural Area, a park 0.1 miles away. Ohio Lincoln Highway Historic Byway passes 17 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Height
9 m
Width
3 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.81432, -80.32791

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Buttermilk Falls Natural Area: 0.1 mi
  • 37th Street Park: 2.5 mi
  • West Mayfield Community Park: 2.7 mi
  • Big Beaver Borough Community Park: 2.9 mi
  • Chippewa Park: 3.0 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 23
  • Ellwood City Area Historical Society: 3.7 mi
  • Air Heritage Museum: 4.1 mi
  • Beaver County Industrial Museum: 4.9 mi
  • Merrick Art Gallery: 5.7 mi
  • Zelienople Historical Society: 10.1 mi
Gardens: 19
  • Pollinator Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Beaver Community Garden: 8.5 mi
  • Evergreen Arboretum: 19.9 mi
  • Prairie: 19.9 mi
  • Prairie: 20.0 mi
Peaks: 18
  • Steffens Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Fridays Hill: 6.7 mi
  • Turkey Hill: 7.4 mi
  • Fletcher Hill: 7.7 mi
  • Big Knob: 9.3 mi
Waterfalls: 13
Artworks: 10
Attractions: 8
  • 155mm Gun M1: 4.4 mi
  • Indian Rock: 7.6 mi
  • Harmony Weaver's Cabin: 10.6 mi
  • The Edgeworth Club: 19.9 mi
  • Giant Chair: 20.8 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Windy Knob Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
  • Picnic Tables for Building 500: 15.5 mi
  • Lakeside Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
  • Picnic tables for Building 800: 15.7 mi
  • Butler Circle: 20.6 mi
Beaches: 2
Springs: 1
  • Lacock Spring: 8.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Homewood Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Portersville HillNE 51°445 m12.6 mi
Round KnobWSW 242°433 m20.5 mi
Big KnobSE 134°423 m9.3 mi
Stewart HillSW 215°412 m18.2 mi
Fletcher HillN 0°410 m7.7 mi
Turkey HillN 360°409 m7.4 mi
Dight HillNE 34°402 m21.5 mi
Fridays HillNNE 28°380 m6.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2618:5719:34
June solstice05:5120:1620:57
September equinox07:0918:4419:20
December solstice07:4316:1416:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F282938496068727164534132
Precip in3.12.43.13.63.84.33.83.53.63.12.93.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beaver Falls 1 NE, 4 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs5,3885,7776,9306,0234,3063,1912,4781,8571,9841,9313,1214,880

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Beaver River at Beaver Falls, PA, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/6474354989

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