Indian Well Falls
Indian Well Falls is a waterfall in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Hunters Mountain stands 246 m to the north-northeast, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Tahmore Preserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 6.5 miles off.
The pool below the waterfall is called the "Indian Well." Which is how the park got its name.
What the record says
- Height
- 4 m
How to reach it
- 6.5 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lake Housatonic Boat Launch: 0.2 mi
- Coon Hollow Park: 1.5 mi
- Riverview Park: 1.6 mi
- Gary Park: 2.1 mi
- Pine Lot Fields: 2.1 mi
- Osborne Homestead Museum: 1.4 mi
- Seymour Historical Society Museum: 4.5 mi
- Trumbull Historical Society: 6.7 mi
- Warrens Occult Museum: 7.1 mi
- Americana Museum: 7.1 mi
- Zoar Beach: 3.9 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 6.0 mi
- Fort Trumbull Beach: 9.7 mi
- Gulf Beach: 9.8 mi
- Silver Beach: 9.9 mi
- Tahmore Preserve: 0.2 mi
- Shelton Open Space: 0.7 mi
- French's Hill Open Space: 0.8 mi
- East Village Recreation Center: 0.8 mi
- Osbornedale State Park: 1.1 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr.: 2.5 mi
- The Vine Sign: 3.0 mi
- Witek Memorial: 3.1 mi
- The Castle: 4.2 mi
- The Cherry Blossom Tree: 4.7 mi
- Upper White Hills: 1.8 mi
- Great Hill: 1.8 mi
- Lower White Hills: 1.8 mi
- Windy Hill: 2.1 mi
- Round Hill: 2.5 mi
- SIS Community Garden: 1.8 mi
- Eklund Garden: 2.4 mi
- Rose/Wedding garden: 7.2 mi
- Eisenhower Community Garden: 7.4 mi
- Bethany Community Garden: 8.2 mi
- Farmill River Falls: 5.6 mi
- Wepawaug Falls: 5.7 mi
- Prydden Brook Falls: 6.7 mi
- Sperry Falls: 7.8 mi
- Wintergreen Falls: 8.3 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 6.0 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 6.3 mi
- Millstone: 8.4 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 8.5 mi
- 3-town marker: 13.3 mi
- Mother Mary: 5.7 mi
- Miniature Lighthouse: 7.1 mi
- Miniature Windmill: 7.1 mi
- Heron: 7.2 mi
- End of the Line/West Rock: 9.0 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 12.9 mi
- Bethel Rock: 14.5 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 16.3 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 19.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 20.1 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 5.7 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 5.7 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 19.9 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 19.9 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 20.7 mi
- Pond View: 5.9 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 6.0 mi
- Oak Grove: 6.3 mi
- Cedar Grove: 6.5 mi
- Picnic Grove: 9.3 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 12.2 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 12.9 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 12.9 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 22.0 mi
- Cold Spring: 11.3 mi
- The Silver Spring: 20.4 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 12.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Indian Well Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunters Mountain | NNE 14° | 246 m | 9.2 mi |
| Fivemile Hill | N 354° | 223 m | 6.2 mi |
| Towantic Hill | N 7° | 219 m | 8.6 mi |
| Jacks Hill | N 2° | 213 m | 9.0 mi |
| Osborn Hill | NW 312° | 206 m | 6.1 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | NNW 341° | 205 m | 7.4 mi |
| Beacon Hill | NNE 29° | 204 m | 9.4 mi |
| Great Hill | NNE 17° | 202 m | 1.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:42 | 16:27 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 2 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 3,241 | 3,001 | 4,714 | 5,099 | 3,225 | 2,232 | 1,420 | 1,224 | 1,298 | 1,688 | 2,335 | 3,177 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Housatonic River AT Stevenson, CT, 4 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/546855943
Day trips start here
- Stamford · 28 mi
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