Middlebury Falls
Middlebury Falls is a waterfall in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 102 m. Mount Abraham stands 1,223 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Cannon Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 12 miles off.
The story
Census-designated place and unincorporated village in Middlebury, Vermont, United States.
Wikidata Q6841750, matched on coordinates and name (187 m apart).
What the record says
- Height
- 5.5 m
How to reach it
- 12.4 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 15.7 mi off the Mad River Byway
- 17.5 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
- 24.3 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
Overlooks nearby
- limited view southeast · 16 mi
- Pine Brook Covered Bridge · 23 mi
- Overlook View · 25 mi
- Ridge Lookout · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chipman Hill: 1.0 mi
- Wainwright Hill: 4.2 mi
- The Cobble: 4.9 mi
- Saint George Hill: 5.6 mi
- Robert Frost Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Cannon Park: 0.1 mi
- Lazarus Park: 0.1 mi
- Middlebury Town Green: 0.1 mi
- Weybridge Cave State Park: 3.7 mi
- Harold Curtiss Recreational Park: 4.6 mi
- Battell Woods Natural Area: 0.9 mi
- Means Woods Natural Area: 1.0 mi
- Salisbury Fish Culture Section: 7.0 mi
- Deer Leap Natural Area: 10.2 mi
- Sheepshead Island: 13.2 mi
- Marble Ledge: 2.9 mi
- The Ledge: 3.0 mi
- Dog Team Falls: 3.4 mi
- Red Rock Pond: 6.4 mi
- Bristol Ledge: 10.0 mi
- Middlebury to Her Soldiers: 0.1 mi
- Frederick Douglass Launched The One Hundred Conventions: 0.1 mi
- Emma Willard Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Court Square: 0.1 mi
- Carleton's Raid Monument: 5.0 mi
- Sheldon Museum: 0.1 mi
- Middlebury College Museum of Art: 0.7 mi
- Cornwall Historical Society: 4.1 mi
- Chimney Point Museum: 12.6 mi
- Crown Point Historic Site: 12.9 mi
- Mural of Cosmic Geometry: 0.4 mi
- King Kong: 0.4 mi
- Two Open Rectangles, Excentric, Variation VI: 0.4 mi
- Youbie Obie: 0.5 mi
- Chaos Xaxis: 0.5 mi
- Bittersweet Falls: 2.7 mi
- Dog Team Falls: 3.4 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (lower): 4.4 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (upper): 4.4 mi
- Falls of Lana: 9.2 mi
- Middlebury Gorge Concrete Arch Bridge: 5.1 mi
- Lemon Fair Sculpture Park: 6.9 mi
- Robert Frost Interpretive Area: 8.7 mi
- Nature preserve: 10.3 mi
- Vermont Teddy Bear: 24.2 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 14.3 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 14.4 mi
- Westport Beach: 17.6 mi
- Punch Bowl swimming hole: 18.7 mi
- Black Point Public Beach: 19.8 mi
- Pulp Mill Covered Bridge: 0.9 mi
- Warren Covered Bridge: 16.9 mi
- Big Eddy Covered Bridge: 21.0 mi
- Holmes Creek Covered Bridge: 22.8 mi
- Gorham Covered Bridge: 24.0 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 14.3 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 14.4 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 14.5 mi
- Lions Club Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
- Middlebury Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 16.0 mi
- Japanese Garden: 22.8 mi
- Lucky Seven: 7.4 mi
- Robert Frost Wayside: 8.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Middlebury Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Abraham | ENE 57° | 1,223 m | 13.7 mi |
| Little Abe | ENE 57° | 1,189 m | 14.2 mi |
| Bread Loaf Mountain | E 94° | 1,165 m | 11.3 mi |
| Mount Wilson | E 93° | 1,147 m | 12.1 mi |
| Mount Grant | ENE 77° | 1,104 m | 12.4 mi |
| Mount Roosevelt | E 88° | 1,073 m | 12.5 mi |
| Mount Cleveland | E 80° | 1,058 m | 13.1 mi |
| Battell Mountain | E 99° | 1,043 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:27 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:56 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 15:30 | 16:18 |
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 | 18 | 20 | 30 | 43 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 25 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cornwall, 4 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Mar–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 975 | 877 | 1,548 | 2,523 | 1,545 | 869 | 622 | 508 | 481 | 677 | 931 | 1,027 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Otter Creek AT Middlebury, VT, 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/3763319636
Day trips start here
- Middlebury · 1 mi
- Crown Point · 14 mi
- Westport · 18 mi
- Charlotte · 21 mi
- Waitsfield · 21 mi
- Essex · 22 mi
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