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Howard Falls

Howard Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Howard Falls is a waterfall in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 347 m. Pleasant Hill stands 495 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Fairview Flag Park, a park 4.1 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 6.5 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Height
13.7 m
Width
15.2 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.95566, -80.23008

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fairview Flag Park: 4.1 mi
  • Pleasant Ridge Park: 4.5 mi
  • Platea Community Park: 4.9 mi
  • Fairview Central Park: 5.4 mi
  • Cannon Park: 5.4 mi
Historic sites: 36
Museums: 20
Beaches: 17
  • Avonia Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Avonia Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Manchester Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Manchester Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Beach no.1: 11.8 mi
Peaks: 10
Gardens: 9
Artworks: 8
Attractions: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area: 8.0 mi
  • Weigh Station: 16.4 mi
  • Ohio Welcome Center: 16.6 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Buttermilk Falls: 7.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pleasant HillESE 120°495 m18.9 mi
Mackey HillESE 118°488 m16.7 mi
Dutch HillESE 115°476 m23.8 mi
Gibson HillSSE 154°470 m7.4 mi
Round TopS 173°460 m20.4 mi
Mount PleasantSE 133°454 m10.5 mi
Oak HillE 98°433 m16.5 mi
Conneaut Lake KameS 186°382 m23.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2518:5619:33
June solstice05:4620:1821:01
September equinox07:0918:4319:20
December solstice07:4616:0816:53

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F282936475968737265544434
Precip in3.42.53.13.53.53.73.33.44.34.43.84.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Erie Intl AP, 9 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs9.910.512.011.07.04.42.82.73.45.37.611.1

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Brandy Run near Girard, PA, 4 mi 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/5939886321

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