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Jarrett Falls

Jarrett Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Jarrett Falls is a waterfall in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 369 m. Big Mountain stands 740 m to the east-northeast, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is State Game Lands Number 53, a nature reserve 2.4 miles away. Historic National Road - Maryland passes 14 miles off.

What the record says

Height
2 m
Width
2 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.88655, -78.06275

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
  • Lowery Knob: 2.9 mi
  • Indian Chair: 3.0 mi
  • Meadow Grounds Mountain: 3.9 mi
  • Summit: 6.0 mi
  • Big Mountain: 7.9 mi
Springs: 17
  • Big Spring: 3.3 mi
  • Reese Spring: 5.0 mi
  • Richmond Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Sand Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 9.3 mi
Historic sites: 17
Nature reserves: 13
Museums: 12
Artworks: 5
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 3
  • Sideling Hill Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
  • Bear Valley Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
  • Sweet Root Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Sideling Hill Rest Area Westbound: 16.4 mi
  • Sideling Hill Rest Area Eastbound: 16.5 mi
  • I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 23.7 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Junior Officer's Quarters: 19.3 mi
  • Captain's Quarters: 19.4 mi
  • Hagerstown Cultural Trail: 24.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Jarrett Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big MountainENE740 m7.9 mi
Clarks KnobNE709 m20.1 mi
Bald KnobNNW702 m9.6 mi
Fisher PointNNW701 m9.2 mi
Emmaville MountainW690 m8.5 mi
Harbor MountainNNW649 m16.4 mi
Kimber MountainNNW642 m17.8 mi
King KnobNNW638 m10.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4919:24
June solstice05:4520:0420:45
September equinox07:0118:3619:11
December solstice07:3116:0816:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240506069737165534234
Precip in2.62.23.33.94.14.23.63.34.03.22.83.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Everett, 18 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs15.419.826.823.819.910.44.12.66.55.810.815.3

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Tonoloway Creek near Needmore, 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/12247157533

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