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Waterfall · New Hampshire

Kinsman Falls

Kinsman Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Kinsman Falls is a waterfall in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 552 m. Mount Lafayette stands 1,600 m to the northeast, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is The Basin, a attraction 0.3 miles away. White Mountain Trail passes 0.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
6.12 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.12181, -71.68965

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Cliffs
  • Indian Head: 1.7 mi
  • Shining Rock Cliff: 2.2 mi
  • Cannon Cliff: 2.5 mi
  • Moby Grape: 2.5 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 3.3 mi
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 46
Parks: 46
Attractions: 39
  • The Basin: 0.3 mi
  • Liberty Gorge: 1.4 mi
  • Table Rock Flume Brook: 1.7 mi
  • Flume Gorge & Visitor Center: 1.8 mi
  • Flume Gorge: 1.8 mi
Museums: 15
Historic sites: 12
  • Governor Gallen Memorial: 4.2 mi
  • Caddy Camp Alumni Memorial: 11.2 mi
  • Chase cellar hole: 13.8 mi
  • Bath New Hampshire: 13.9 mi
  • Willey House: 15.0 mi
Picnic sites: 10
Springs: 7
  • Liberty Spring: 2.2 mi
  • Lac Littleton: 15.8 mi
  • Elliott Spring: 22.2 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 22.7 mi
  • Spaulding Spring: 22.8 mi
Rest areas: 6
Artworks: 3
  • Tree Harp: 13.4 mi
  • Sunflowers: 13.4 mi
  • Pollyanna Statue: 13.5 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 15.3 mi
  • Peace Garden: 24.9 mi
Beaches: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Kinsman Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LafayetteNE1,600 m3.5 mi
Mount LincolnNE1,551 m2.9 mi
North LincolnNE1,524 m3.2 mi
North LafayetteNE1,519 m3.8 mi
South Twin MountainNE1,491 m8.1 mi
North Twin MountainNE1,452 m8.6 mi
Little Haystack MountainENE1,440 m2.5 mi
Mount BondENE1,432 m8.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:0419:5020:34
September equinox06:3518:0818:46
December solstice07:2015:2416:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182029425463686659473626
Precip in3.43.03.45.24.24.86.03.93.85.44.74.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lincoln Nepp, 6 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs239151270810735314244186169333354356

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge East Branch Pemigewasset River AT Lincoln, NH, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11239674572

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