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Horseshoe Falls

Horseshoe Falls, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates39.47936, -84.05000

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Attractions: 34
Artworks: 33
Gardens: 28
Nature reserves: 20
Waterfalls: 7
  • 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
Picnic sites: 7
  • Oak Camp: 10.0 mi
  • The Mercado: 14.8 mi
  • Patio: 14.9 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 15.2 mi
  • Vortex: 15.2 mi
Peaks: 6
  • 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
Ghost towns: 5
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 3
  • Ricciardi Spring: 23.5 mi
  • Traveler's Spring: 23.8 mi
  • Yellow spring: 24.1 mi
Beaches: 2
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Reeds HillN 8°296 m23.0 mi
Little MountWNW 299°286 m13.8 mi
Galley HillSSW 199°265 m24.1 mi
Cedar MoundWNW 300°257 m24.8 mi
Stoddard HillNNW 338°241 m21.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1319:48
June solstice06:1020:2721:08
September equinox07:2519:0019:35
December solstice07:5416:3417:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303443546471747367564535
Precip in3.42.73.74.64.84.74.03.32.73.13.13.2

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs34136139346248819380.437.125.337.8209309

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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7389916641

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