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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.

What the record says

Height
4 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.04789, -73.05942

Overlooks nearby

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
Historic sites: 57
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
Attractions: 41
  • 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: 38
  • 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
Waterfalls: 37
Gardens: 28
  • Southwick Community Garden: 13.2 mi
  • Heritage Garden: 13.8 mi
  • Cathy's Garden & Gazebo: 14.9 mi
  • Dorothy Perkins Garden: 15.0 mi
  • Evelyn B. Rose Garden: 15.0 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
Beaches: 6
Springs: 4
  • Big Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Hermit spring: 12.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 19.7 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 22.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Marguerite Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Abbey HillNW544 m8.1 mi
Bald MountainW539 m8.2 mi
Town HillNNW538 m7.5 mi
Cowles HillNW537 m6.5 mi
Jackson HillNNE520 m8.9 mi
East Bald MountainW519 m7.2 mi
Higley HillWNW518 m6.3 mi
Seymour MountainWNW517 m2.3 mi

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.

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.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11409950072

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