Ludlowville Falls
Ludlowville Falls is a waterfall in New York, at a modelled elevation of 140 m. Virgil Mountain stands 643 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Peter Wheeler historic marker, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 0.4 miles off.
The story
populated place in Tompkins County, New York, United States
Wikidata Q122566525, matched on coordinates and name (162 m apart).
What the record says
- Height
- 10 m
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
- 7.5 mi off the Scenic Route 90
Overlooks nearby
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 4 mi
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Myers Park: 1.3 mi
- Jacksonville Community Park: 5.2 mi
- Ned Hickey Park: 5.3 mi
- Marian Hartill Park: 5.8 mi
- East Shore Park: 6.0 mi
- Lobdell Hill: 3.8 mi
- Bean Hill: 3.8 mi
- Comstock Knoll: 8.0 mi
- Turkey Hill: 9.4 mi
- Miller Hill: 9.8 mi
- Sims-Jennings Preserve at Cayuga Cliffs: 1.5 mi
- Taughannock Falls State Park: 4.3 mi
- Cayuga Shores Wildlife Management Area: 6.7 mi
- Cascadilla Gorge: 8.2 mi
- Reynolds Game Farm: 9.1 mi
- Pocket Falls: 2.4 mi
- Emilie Jonas Falls: 2.9 mi
- Taughannock Falls: 4.0 mi
- Frontenac Falls: 4.8 mi
- Ithaca Falls: 7.4 mi
- Field School House: 2.1 mi
- Cayuga Nature Center: 2.7 mi
- Museum of the Earth: 6.1 mi
- Ulysses Historical Society: 6.3 mi
- Sciencenter: 7.5 mi
- Stick And Stone Farm and CSA: 5.1 mi
- Rt 96 Self Storage: 5.1 mi
- Turn here for fresh eggs farm stand: 5.3 mi
- Tree Service: 5.7 mi
- The Overlook At West Hill (housing for the elderly): 6.1 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 6.8 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 6.8 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 6.8 mi
- Ithaca Children's Garden: 7.6 mi
- Farrand Garden: 7.9 mi
- Peter Wheeler historic marker: 0.1 mi
- Bob Baker BBQ Pavilion: 2.1 mi
- Monument of Ezra Cornell: 7.8 mi
- Andrew Dickson White Statue: 7.8 mi
- 1939 World's Fair Flagpole: 18.0 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 10.0 mi
- Point O'Rocks: 18.9 mi
- Castle Point: 19.3 mi
- Glen Cathedral: 21.5 mi
- Der deutsche Strand: 10.1 mi
- Glenwood Beach: 17.7 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 8.1 mi
- Tamarack Spring: 17.4 mi
- Preble: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of Ludlowville Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil Mountain | ESE 102° | 643 m | 20.7 mi |
| Connecticut Hill | SSW 210° | 638 m | 13.4 mi |
| Greek Peak | ESE 101° | 637 m | 20.1 mi |
| South Hill | E 101° | 635 m | 19.9 mi |
| Tuller Hill | E 95° | 616 m | 21.0 mi |
| Star Stanton Hill | ESE 121° | 612 m | 14.8 mi |
| Irish Hill | SSW 197° | 599 m | 20.4 mi |
| Hammond Hill | SE 124° | 598 m | 14.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:41 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 20:05 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:51 | 16:37 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 24 | 31 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 49 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ithaca Cornell Univ, 9 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Apr — fullest in Mar, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 155 | 165 | 224 | 191 | 107 | 74.1 | 56.0 | 47.8 | 31.3 | 84.3 | 103 | 177 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Salmon Creek Near Ludlowville NY, under a mile away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/1312151390
Day trips start here
- Trumansburg · 6 mi
- Eastern Finger Lakes · 8 mi
- Ithaca · 8 mi
- Cortland · 18 mi
- Watkins Glen · 21 mi
- Auburn · 26 mi
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