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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

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.74854, -74.32695

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
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
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
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
Nature reserves
Cliffs: 35
Waterfalls: 27
Beaches: 14
Gardens: 13
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: 6
  • Box Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 12.4 mi
  • Piped Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 15.4 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 18.3 miles of Mine Hole Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainN1,266 m17.6 mi
Cornell MountainN1,174 m17.5 mi
Table MountainNNW1,166 m15.1 mi
Peekamoose MountainNNW1,164 m14.6 mi
Wittenberg MountainN1,153 m18.0 mi
Lone MountainNNW1,128 m15.6 mi
Friday MountainN1,125 m16.6 mi
DinkN1,115 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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