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Marshepaug Falls

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Marshepaug Falls, seen from above at true elevation

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.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.82552, -73.25413

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Waterfalls: 56
Museums: 48
Historic sites: 45
Attractions: 44
  • 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
Cliffs: 29
Gardens: 12
Beaches: 9
Artworks: 6
  • 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
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 11.0 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 11.0 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 15.7 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Grove: 17.2 mi
  • Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Marshepaug Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mohawk MountainW 263°513 m2.2 mi
Ivy MountainNNE 26°504 m3.6 mi
The PinnacleW 264°502 m2.7 mi
Red MountainNW 308°499 m2.4 mi
Sedgwick MountainNNW 341°495 m3.6 mi
Brass MountainNNE 20°491 m2.6 mi
Bartholomew HillNW 322°484 m2.0 mi
Howe MountainNNW 338°473 m6.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:1919:5020:32
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1815:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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: Dec–Jan, Mar–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs78.369.211411270.456.937.735.251.255.665.594.4

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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8072807989

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