Marshepaug Falls
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Marshepaug Falls is a waterfall in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 379 m. Mohawk Mountain stands 513 m to the west, 2.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Flora Road), a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- School Hill: 0.9 mi
- Milton Hill: 1.0 mi
- Town Hill: 1.7 mi
- Bartholomew Hill: 2.0 mi
- Mohawk Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Goshen Historic District: 1.6 mi
- Ivy Mountain State Park: 3.6 mi
- Major Besse Park: 5.6 mi
- Litchfield Community Field: 6.1 mi
- Sharon Avenue Park: 6.2 mi
- Town Open Space (Flora Road): 0.7 mi
- Town Open Space (Beach Street): 1.3 mi
- Camp Cochipianee: 1.3 mi
- Red Mountain Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Town Open Space (East Street, South): 2.9 mi
- Goshen Historical Society: 1.6 mi
- Cornwall Historical Society: 4.1 mi
- Litchfield Historical Society - Noyes Memorial Building: 6.4 mi
- KidsPlay Children's Museum: 7.0 mi
- Torrington Historical Society: 7.0 mi
- Gagarin Grove: 6.2 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 6.8 mi
- Peter's Forge: 7.9 mi
- 4 towns meet: 11.2 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 12.0 mi
- John Brown Birthplace: 4.4 mi
- Alain C. White and May W. White: 8.9 mi
- Hermit memorial: 10.9 mi
- Sap Evaporator: 11.0 mi
- Mill Ruins: 11.6 mi
- Pine Swamp Brook Falls: 6.6 mi
- Hatch Brook Falls: 6.9 mi
- Pothole Falls: 7.2 mi
- Dean's Ravine Falls: 8.0 mi
- Kent Falls: 8.9 mi
- Hornet's Nest: 7.3 mi
- Winsted Cliffs: 11.2 mi
- Grand Staircase: 13.9 mi
- Pine Ledge: 14.3 mi
- Queen Mary Ledge: 14.9 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 7.6 mi
- Judea Garden: 10.7 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 20.0 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 21.3 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 21.3 mi
- Sandy Beach: 8.6 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 9.7 mi
- Holland Beach: 10.9 mi
- Waterfront: 17.2 mi
- Boating Side: 17.3 mi
- Jean Widmark: 17.7 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 21.6 mi
- Ben Franklin: 21.6 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 21.8 mi
- Maori Head: 22.0 mi
- Hermit spring: 11.0 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 11.0 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 14.7 mi
- Big Spring: 15.7 mi
- Dudley Town: 5.2 mi
- Questing: 20.5 mi
- Picnic Grove: 17.2 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 21.6 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 16.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Marshepaug Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohawk Mountain | W 263° | 513 m | 2.2 mi |
| Ivy Mountain | NNE 26° | 504 m | 3.6 mi |
| The Pinnacle | W 264° | 502 m | 2.7 mi |
| Red Mountain | NW 308° | 499 m | 2.4 mi |
| Sedgwick Mountain | NNW 341° | 495 m | 3.6 mi |
| Brass Mountain | NNE 20° | 491 m | 2.6 mi |
| Bartholomew Hill | NW 322° | 484 m | 2.0 mi |
| Howe Mountain | NNW 338° | 473 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:41 | 16:26 |
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 | 22 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norfolk 2 SW, 10 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Jan, Mar–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 78.3 | 69.2 | 114 | 112 | 70.4 | 56.9 | 37.7 | 35.2 | 51.2 | 55.6 | 65.5 | 94.4 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Shepaug River AT Peters Dam AT Woodville, CT, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/8072807989
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