Homewood Falls
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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
- 17.2 mi off the Ohio Lincoln Highway Historic Byway
- 15.5 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Sahli Nature Park: 3.6 mi
- Hereford Manor Lakes: 8.6 mi
- Sheepskin Hollow State Nature Preserve: 11.5 mi
- Beaverkettle Farms Conservation Land: 11.6 mi
- Beaverkettle Farms Conservation Land: 11.6 mi
- Joe Namath, Beaver Falls Hall of Famer: 4.2 mi
- Rochester War Memorial: 8.1 mi
- Rochester Civil War Memorial: 8.1 mi
- Clock Tower: 8.3 mi
- Beaver Korean War Memorial: 8.3 mi
- 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
- Pollinator Garden: 3.7 mi
- Beaver Community Garden: 8.5 mi
- Evergreen Arboretum: 19.9 mi
- Prairie: 19.9 mi
- Prairie: 20.0 mi
- 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
- Hells Hollow Falls: 9.4 mi
- Snake Run: 10.2 mi
- Upper Sheepskin Hollow Falls: 11.4 mi
- Breakneck Falls: 11.5 mi
- Lower Sheepskin Hollow Falls: 11.8 mi
- World's Largest Teapot: 18.2 mi
- Totus Tuus: 18.3 mi
- Mars Spaceship: 18.5 mi
- General Thaddeus Kosciuszko & General Casimir Pulaski: 20.8 mi
- Gorilla Statue: 21.5 mi
- 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
- 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
- BAB: 8.5 mi
- Lakeview Beach: 15.2 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portersville Hill | NE 51° | 445 m | 12.6 mi |
| Round Knob | WSW 242° | 433 m | 20.5 mi |
| Big Knob | SE 134° | 423 m | 9.3 mi |
| Stewart Hill | SW 215° | 412 m | 18.2 mi |
| Fletcher Hill | N 0° | 410 m | 7.7 mi |
| Turkey Hill | N 360° | 409 m | 7.4 mi |
| Dight Hill | NE 34° | 402 m | 21.5 mi |
| Fridays Hill | NNE 28° | 380 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:57 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:16 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:44 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:14 | 16:57 |
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 | 28 | 29 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 64 | 53 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 5,388 | 5,777 | 6,930 | 6,023 | 4,306 | 3,191 | 2,478 | 1,857 | 1,984 | 1,931 | 3,121 | 4,880 |
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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/6474354989
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- Sewickley · 21 mi
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- Lisbon · 23 mi
- Ross Township · 26 mi
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