Moodus Falls
Moodus Falls is a waterfall in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 105 m. Clark Hill stands 241 m to the northwest, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Mill Turbine, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 22 miles off.
This waterfall is on private property.
How to reach it
- 22.1 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 26.0 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 29.4 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Nichols Field: 0.3 mi
- Lower Moodus Reservoir Boat Launch: 0.3 mi
- Connor's Way: 1.0 mi
- East Haddam Town Beach: 1.0 mi
- Pickerel Lake Boat Launch: 1.7 mi
- Axelrod Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Dombroski-Meadow Brook Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Snell-Talbot Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Bloch Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Golet Farm Preserve: 0.9 mi
- St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 1791.: 4.1 mi
- Major General Joseph Spencer: 4.1 mi
- Yellow Ribbon Tree: 5.8 mi
- Johm M. Ida, 1906 - 1988: 6.3 mi
- Lions Club Pavilion: 6.8 mi
- East Haddam Historical Society Museum: 4.3 mi
- Thankful Arnold House: 5.2 mi
- Joseph N. Goff House Museum and Cultural Center: 5.8 mi
- Chatham Historical Society: 5.9 mi
- Gillette Castle: 6.3 mi
- Face in Tree: 9.7 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 11.8 mi
- Monty the T-Rex: 12.0 mi
- First Tear: 13.0 mi
- Totem Pole: 14.6 mi
- Cave Hill: 2.4 mi
- Mount Tom: 2.9 mi
- Bald Hill: 3.6 mi
- Landing Hill: 3.6 mi
- Jenkins Hill: 3.6 mi
- Gingers Garden: 2.7 mi
- Rain Garden: 6.7 mi
- Memorial Peace Garden: 6.8 mi
- Memorial Garden: 9.6 mi
- Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 11.8 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 15.9 mi
- Quotonset Beach: 16.2 mi
- Middle Beach: 16.2 mi
- Stannard Beach: 16.3 mi
- Chapman Beach: 16.3 mi
- Mill Turbine: 0.2 mi
- Devil's Oven: 5.2 mi
- Pumpkintown USA: 6.2 mi
- Historic Ferry: 6.5 mi
- grindstone: 6.9 mi
- Tartia Falls: 3.1 mi
- Day Pond Brook Falls: 3.4 mi
- Succor Brook Falls: 4.0 mi
- Pine Brook Falls: 4.2 mi
- Chapman Falls: 4.9 mi
- Pine Ledge: 8.9 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 9.2 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 15.4 mi
- Bluff Head: 15.6 mi
- Crow Point: 16.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 15.4 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 16.3 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 16.6 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 18.6 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 2.5 mi
- Gay City State Park: 14.7 mi
- Windham Spring: 18.8 mi
- Old Spring: 23.7 mi
- Skate Hut: 19.4 mi
- Powder House: 19.6 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Moodus Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Hill | NW 318° | 241 m | 7.6 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | NW 318° | 228 m | 9.1 mi |
| Baker Hill | NNW 328° | 204 m | 6.0 mi |
| Goose Hill | SW 236° | 201 m | 8.6 mi |
| Bear Hill | W 274° | 199 m | 8.5 mi |
| Carter Hill | NNW 346° | 192 m | 8.1 mi |
| Tater Hill | SE 137° | 179 m | 5.0 mi |
| Buckley Hill | ENE 58° | 176 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 19 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 254 | 254 | 375 | 343 | 228 | 144 | 66.9 | 56.6 | 71.8 | 95.5 | 161 | 232 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Salmon River Near East Hampton, CT, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/8034222083
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 6 mi
- Essex · 11 mi
- Montville · 14 mi
- East Lyme · 15 mi
- Old Lyme · 15 mi
- Old Saybrook · 15 mi
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