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Marguerite Falls

Marguerite Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Marguerite Falls is a waterfall in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 235 m. Abbey Hill stands 544 m to the northwest, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Prospect, a peak 0.5 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 14 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
4 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.04789, -73.05942

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Mount Prospect: 0.5 mi
  • Babbitt Mountain: 0.6 mi
  • Bull Mountain: 0.7 mi
  • Burgess Mountain: 1.1 mi
  • Sunset Hill: 1.5 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Howells Pond Boat Launch: 3.9 mi
  • Maasser Park: 6.6 mi
  • Driftwood Community Association: 6.7 mi
  • North Green: 6.8 mi
  • Wood Creek Pond Boat Launch: 7.2 mi
Historic sites
  • World War I Memorial: 8.2 mi
  • John R. Bierman: 10.7 mi
  • East Canaan Veterans Monument: 11.8 mi
  • Hermit memorial: 12.2 mi
  • Jones Memorial: 12.9 mi
Museums: 57
Waterfalls: 50
Attractions: 42
  • Army Corps of Engineers benchmark: 3.1 mi
  • Lighthouse cemetery: 7.8 mi
  • state boundary marker: 8.1 mi
  • Charcoal mound exhibit: 9.0 mi
  • Indian Council Caves: 9.5 mi
Artworks: 39
  • The Globe: 14.8 mi
  • Angel of Independence: 14.9 mi
  • Heroes of Westfield: 16.8 mi
  • Westfield is Fantastic: 17.0 mi
  • Epiphany: 17.0 mi
Gardens: 35
  • Southwick Community Garden: 13.2 mi
  • Flower Gardens: 13.8 mi
  • Herb Gardens: 13.8 mi
  • Heritage Garden: 13.8 mi
  • Cathy's Garden & Gazebo: 14.9 mi
Cliffs: 21
  • The Beech: 1.6 mi
  • Space Invaders: 1.6 mi
  • Cloud Buttress: 1.6 mi
  • Acorn Face: 1.6 mi
  • Squirrel Wall: 1.6 mi
Springs: 7
  • Big Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Hermit spring: 12.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 23.0 mi
Beaches: 6
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 19.7 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 22.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Marguerite Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Abbey HillNW 321°544 m8.1 mi
Bald MountainW 260°539 m8.2 mi
Town HillNNW 329°538 m7.5 mi
Cowles HillNW 305°537 m6.5 mi
Jackson HillNNE 15°520 m8.9 mi
East Bald MountainW 260°519 m7.2 mi
Higley HillWNW 288°518 m6.3 mi
Seymour MountainWNW 287°517 m2.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1719:5020:32
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1815:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445564696760483828
Precip in4.03.34.23.94.15.04.84.74.95.14.14.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norfolk 2 SW, 10 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs19216930038420813487.087.995.7154221218

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge West Branch Farmington River Near New Boston, MA, 2 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/11409950072

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