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Mine Hole Falls

Mine Hole Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Mine Hole Falls is a waterfall in New York, at a modelled elevation of 224 m. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Stony Kill Falls, a waterfall 1.0 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 1.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
7 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.74854, -74.32695

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lippman Park: 1.7 mi
  • Bob Mangels Botanical Gardens: 3.7 mi
  • Berme Road Park: 3.7 mi
  • Mill Street Park: 4.0 mi
  • Liberty Square: 4.1 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Bear: 2.3 mi
  • Old Mine Road: 2.9 mi
  • Fly Brook Bridge Abutment: 2.9 mi
  • High Point Fire Tower Site: 2.9 mi
  • Bridge Abutments: 3.9 mi
Peaks
Museums: 40
  • Napanoch Station: 2.1 mi
  • Borscht Belt Museum: 4.1 mi
  • Pine Bush UFO Museum: 9.7 mi
  • Fire Department Museum: 10.7 mi
  • Ulster County Fair Agricultural Museum: 10.8 mi
Cliffs: 36
Waterfalls: 28
Beaches: 15
Gardens: 15
Artworks: 11
Attractions: 10
  • Overturned 1938 Truck: 2.5 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 6.8 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 9.3 mi
  • Ulster County Fair: 10.8 mi
  • Historic Huguenot District: 12.4 mi
Springs: 7
  • Box Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 12.4 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 12.4 mi
  • Piped Spring: 14.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 18.7 mi
  • Middletown Rest Area: 22.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Mine Hole Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainN 350°1,266 m17.6 mi
Cornell MountainN 355°1,174 m17.5 mi
Table MountainNNW 345°1,165.86 m15.1 mi
Peekamoose MountainNNW 345°1,164.03 m14.6 mi
Wittenberg MountainN 357°1,152.75 m18.0 mi
Lone MountainNNW 348°1,127.76 m15.6 mi
Friday MountainN 354°1,125 m16.6 mi
DinkN 354°1,115.26 m17.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:10
June solstice05:2319:5420:36
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:2215:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262937496069737164534232
Precip in3.83.24.34.04.04.84.74.85.25.23.84.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mohonk Lake, 9 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs1,2911,4022,2961,9031,1817914974855796491,0031,320

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Wallkill River AT Gardiner NY, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7512712132

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