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Little Falls

Little Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Little Falls is a waterfall in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 270 m. Devies Mountain stands 839 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Tom's Run Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Old Route 7 Byway passes 5.7 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia

Wikidata Q6649960, matched on coordinates and name (475 m apart).

What the record says

Height
9 m
Width
5 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.55251, -80.00077

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks: 42
Museums: 11
  • Mon Valley Railroad Historical Society: 4.2 mi
  • Watts Museum: 6.7 mi
  • Marion County Historical Society: 8.9 mi
  • Telephone Museum: 9.0 mi
  • Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center: 10.0 mi
Historic sites: 11
Nature reserves: 6
Attractions: 5
  • Climbing: 10.0 mi
  • Climbing and Rappelling: 10.3 mi
  • Climbing: 10.4 mi
  • Riverside Spot: 10.8 mi
  • Sophia's Grave: 15.6 mi
Artworks: 3
Cliffs: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Matador Falls: 13.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Devies MountainNE 48°839 m19.0 mi
Mount PhoebeESE 109°715 m13.6 mi
Kelley KnobENE 78°712 m23.9 mi
Reed HillENE 64°675 m10.7 mi
Bald KnobESE 115°656 m6.1 mi
Cannon HillSE 128°621 m22.3 mi
Kincaid KnobSSE 150°579 m4.9 mi
Kincaid KnobS 183°544 m6.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5719:32
June solstice05:5420:1120:52
September equinox07:0818:4319:19
December solstice07:3816:1717:00

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516169737266544335
Precip in3.63.13.94.14.24.54.73.63.32.93.03.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Morgantown L&D, 5 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs16919219916112973.353.343.632.533.470.0144

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Deckers Creek AT Morgantown, WV, 6 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/8691958029

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