Horton Falls
Horton Falls is a waterfall in New York, at a modelled elevation of 79 m. Henry Hill stands 659 m to the west-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Captain Joseph Hilton Town Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Mohawk Towpath Byway passes 10 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 25 m
How to reach it
- 10.2 mi off the Mohawk Towpath Byway, National
- 10.6 mi off the Revolutionary Trail
- 13.6 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
- 14.7 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lock 7 Dam · 11 mi
- Mohawk River view · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Diamond Hill: 4.3 mi
- Stony Hill: 4.5 mi
- Wolf Hill: 6.5 mi
- Bennett Hill: 7.1 mi
- Cass Hill: 7.4 mi
- Captain Joseph Hilton Town Park: 1.1 mi
- Stephen P. Wallace Park: 1.8 mi
- Nott Road Park: 2.0 mi
- Volunteer Fire-EMS Services Memorial Park: 3.1 mi
- North Bethlehem Park: 3.3 mi
- Frederick House Historical Site: 4.2 mi
- Fine Arts & Art Museum: 4.6 mi
- American Italian Heritage Museum: 5.6 mi
- Thacher Park Visitor Center: 5.7 mi
- The Throop Museum: 6.5 mi
- Town of Bethlehem Volunteer Fire-EMS Services Memorial: 3.0 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 5.0 mi
- First Plastic: 6.2 mi
- Slingerland House 1762: 6.3 mi
- Albany Memorial Grove Flagpole: 6.3 mi
- Pine Hollow Arboretum: 3.2 mi
- Water Garden: 3.5 mi
- Wildlife Garden: 3.6 mi
- Class of 1969 Medicinal Garden: 6.5 mi
- Friendship Garden: 6.6 mi
- bridge pylons mural: 3.4 mi
- Unity 1970: 5.2 mi
- Verge: 7.4 mi
- Triangles and Arches: 7.4 mi
- The Snake is Out: 7.4 mi
- French Hollow Falls: 4.5 mi
- Minelot Falls: 5.5 mi
- Sliding Rock Falls: 7.5 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 7.6 mi
- Star Falls: 7.7 mi
- Open Seating: 2.8 mi
- Pine Hollow Arboretum: 3.2 mi
- Tulip Festival: 6.9 mi
- New York State Museum Carousel: 7.4 mi
- Empire State Plaza: 7.4 mi
- Bender Melon Farm: 1.3 mi
- Westmere Trail: 2.8 mi
- Normans Kill Fishing Access Site: 3.2 mi
- Nature Conservancy: 3.3 mi
- MHLC: 3.5 mi
- Helderberg Escarpment: 4.7 mi
- Leaning Tower: 5.8 mi
- Cave Wall: 5.8 mi
- Lower Misery Wall: 5.8 mi
- Water Streak Wall: 5.8 mi
- Thompsons Lake State Park Beach: 6.9 mi
- Collins Park Beach: 11.8 mi
- Brunswick Vanderheyden Reservoir Park Beach: 15.5 mi
- Lake Myosotis Swimming Area: 15.6 mi
- Waterfront: 19.3 mi
- Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 7.6 mi
- Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 15.4 mi
- Clifton Park Rest Area: 16.4 mi
- Bathtub Spring: 7.2 mi
- Spring Avenue Spring: 12.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Horton Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Hill | WSW 243° | 659 m | 16.7 mi |
| East Hill S | WSW 245° | 654 m | 20.5 mi |
| Cannady Hill | WSW 258° | 645 m | 17.4 mi |
| Cotton Hill | W 264° | 643 m | 18.5 mi |
| Garver Hill | WSW 244° | 629 m | 18.5 mi |
| Cheese Hill | SW 233° | 610 m | 19.7 mi |
| North Hill | WSW 240° | 606 m | 16.0 mi |
| Cook Hill | WSW 248° | 604 m | 17.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:55 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:40 | 16:26 |
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 | 24 | 27 | 36 | 48 | 60 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 51 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albany Intl AP, 8 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 207 | 247 | 447 | 420 | 239 | 163 | 95.4 | 81.6 | 69.3 | 134 | 147 | 217 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Normans Kill AT Albany NY, 6 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/11044553424
Day trips start here
- Albany · 8 mi
- Rensselaer · 9 mi
- Schenectady · 10 mi
- Watervliet · 11 mi
- Troy · 12 mi
- Cohoes · 13 mi
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