Horseshoe Falls
Horseshoe Falls is a waterfall in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 266 m. Reeds Hill stands 296 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Caesar Creek Lake Fossil Collecting Area, a attraction 0.4 miles away. Accommodation Line Scenic Byway passes 3.9 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Height
- 1 m
- Width
- 10 m
How to reach it
- 3.9 mi off the Accommodation Line Scenic Byway
- 32.5 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 26.6 mi off the Lower Valley Pike Scenic Byway
- 27.9 mi off the Historic National Road - Ohio, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Caesar Creek State Park: 1.1 mi
- Caesar Creek Gorge State Natural Area: 2.0 mi
- Hisey Park: 2.5 mi
- Gulley Park: 5.9 mi
- Hoffman Reserve: 7.2 mi
- Caesar’s Creek Pioneer Village: 0.8 mi
- The Museum at Fort Ancient: 5.4 mi
- Harmon Museum: 9.1 mi
- Glendower Museum: 9.2 mi
- George Barrett Concrete House: 9.2 mi
- Spring Valley Wildlife Area: 6.1 mi
- Kathryn Baessler: 6.7 mi
- Memorial Bench: 7.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 7.5 mi
- Horse Memorial: 7.5 mi
- Caesar Creek Lake Fossil Collecting Area: 0.4 mi
- Irons Fruit Farm Corn Maze: 8.0 mi
- World Equestrian Center: 9.8 mi
- Kiddie Maze: 10.2 mi
- The Corn Maze Adventure: 10.3 mi
- Fish Statue: 7.5 mi
- Dog Statue: 7.6 mi
- Port William, Ohio: 14.8 mi
- Staged Gates: 17.3 mi
- I’d love to be in Loveland, in a canoe with you!: 18.5 mi
- Olive Branch Fairy Garden: 4.0 mi
- Seed Nursery: 10.6 mi
- Mount Zion Cemetery: 14.8 mi
- Shoup Cemetery: 14.8 mi
- Tower Gardens: 14.9 mi
- Doctor Nathan Hale Riparian Reserve: 6.7 mi
- Anliot-Davidson Woods: 7.6 mi
- Sweet Arrow Reserve: 13.3 mi
- Narrows Reserve: 14.0 mi
- Frank Hosea Woods Park: 16.2 mi
- Oak Camp: 10.0 mi
- The Mercado: 14.8 mi
- Patio: 14.9 mi
- Picnic Grove: 15.2 mi
- Vortex: 15.2 mi
- Crawdad Falls: 1.7 mi
- Cedar Cliff Falls: 21.8 mi
- Buckeye Falls: 23.3 mi
- Lower Buckeye Falls: 23.3 mi
- The Grotto: 24.1 mi
- Little Mount: 13.8 mi
- Chill Hill: 18.5 mi
- Stoddard Hill: 21.4 mi
- Reeds Hill: 23.0 mi
- Galley Hill: 24.1 mi
- Venable: 6.1 mi
- New Burlington: 7.3 mi
- Manor: 9.1 mi
- Butterworth: 16.4 mi
- Simpkinsville: 21.9 mi
- Warren Interstate 71 Southbound Rest Area: 5.9 mi
- Warren Interstate 71 Northbound Rest Area: 6.0 mi
- Butler Interstate 75 Southbound: 16.4 mi
- Butler Interstate 75 Northbound: 16.5 mi
- Ricciardi Spring: 23.5 mi
- Traveler's Spring: 23.8 mi
- Yellow spring: 24.1 mi
- Caesar Creek State Park Beach: 2.9 mi
- Cowan Lake Public Beach: 10.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Horseshoe Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reeds Hill | N 8° | 296 m | 23.0 mi |
| Little Mount | WNW 299° | 286 m | 13.8 mi |
| Galley Hill | SSW 199° | 265 m | 24.1 mi |
| Cedar Mound | WNW 300° | 257 m | 24.8 mi |
| Stoddard Hill | NNW 338° | 241 m | 21.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:13 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:10 | 20:27 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:00 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 16:34 | 17:16 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 34 | 43 | 54 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Xenia 6 SSE, 12 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in May, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 341 | 361 | 393 | 462 | 488 | 193 | 80.4 | 37.1 | 25.3 | 37.8 | 209 | 309 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Caesar Creek near Wellman OH, under a mile away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/7389916641
Day trips start here
- Waynesville · 4 mi
- Warren County · 7 mi
- Lebanon · 9 mi
- Morrow · 10 mi
- Springboro · 11 mi
- Franklin · 15 mi
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