Mill Pond Falls
Mill Pond Falls is a waterfall in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 20 m. Talcott Mountain stands 276 m to the north-northwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Mill Pond Park, a park 0.1 miles away.
The story
Mill Pond Falls is a waterfall located in Newington, Connecticut. It is promoted by residents as the "smallest natural waterfall in the United States". The falls are located inside Mill Pond Park and is celebrated each fall during the Waterfall Festival.
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Wikidata Q6858379, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mill Pond Park: 0.1 mi
- Mary Welles Park: 0.4 mi
- Kellogg/Eddy Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Badger Field: 0.6 mi
- Robbins Green: 0.7 mi
- Kellog Eddy House & Museum: 0.3 mi
- New Britain Industrial Museum: 3.3 mi
- New Britain Youth Museum: 3.4 mi
- Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society: 3.7 mi
- Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum: 4.2 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Iwo Jima Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Stone House Ruins: 2.5 mi
- Nature Center Ruins: 2.5 mi
- Borinqueneers Monument: 3.0 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Vexation Hill: 2.5 mi
- Elmwood Hill: 2.7 mi
- Wolf Pit Hill: 3.2 mi
- Wolcott Hill: 3.3 mi
- Cedarcrest Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Parola Property: 1.5 mi
- Eagle Lantern: 1.7 mi
- Wildwood Open Space: 1.8 mi
- Beechwood Park: 1.8 mi
- Constitution Oak: 4.2 mi
- Hospital Rock: 4.9 mi
- Mark Twain House: 5.2 mi
- Will Warren's Den: 5.3 mi
- Geographic Center of Hartford: 5.4 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 5.6 mi
- Dividend Falls: 6.0 mi
- Cascades: 7.9 mi
- Westfield Falls: 7.9 mi
- Carr Brook Falls: 9.7 mi
- Wolcott Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- Frank Weston Rose Garden: 3.7 mi
- Wethersfield Community Gardens: 4.1 mi
- Colonial Revival Garden: 4.2 mi
- Heritage Herb Garden: 4.2 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 1.7 mi
- Home: 3.3 mi
- A Journey toward Freedom & Excellence: 4.6 mi
- Pulaski: 5.4 mi
- Stegosaurus: 5.6 mi
- Green Wall: 5.3 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 5.3 mi
- Crow Point: 5.9 mi
- South Wall: 6.1 mi
- Solar Panel: 6.2 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 12.3 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 13.1 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 15.0 mi
- Boating Side: 16.5 mi
- Waterfront: 16.6 mi
- Hermit spring: 20.5 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 21.1 mi
- Big Spring: 22.7 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 23.5 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 9.7 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 12.3 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 16.4 mi
- Gay City State Park: 15.2 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 19.6 mi
- Picnic Grove: 16.6 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Mill Pond Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talcott Mountain | NNW 337° | 276 m | 8.8 mi |
| Higby Mountain | S 183° | 272 m | 9.9 mi |
| Ely Mound | NNW 331° | 246 m | 7.7 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | W 275° | 229 m | 5.2 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | SW 222° | 217 m | 7.1 mi |
| Bradley Mountain | WSW 245° | 207 m | 6.1 mi |
| Clark Hill | ESE 113° | 206 m | 9.4 mi |
| Killkenny Rocks | NW 322° | 194 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 5 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Apr — fullest in Mar, leanest in Jul.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 50.7 | 57.0 | 77.0 | 62.2 | 37.0 | 25.0 | 16.8 | 19.1 | 19.9 | 21.8 | 32.7 | 44.9 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge North Branch Park River AT Hartford, CT, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/6660531303
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 18 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 22 mi
- Tolland · 22 mi
- Somers · 25 mi
- Longmeadow · 26 mi
- Storrs · 26 mi
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