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Northgate Falls

Northgate Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Northgate Falls is a waterfall in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 101 m. Pine Mountain stands 421 m to the northwest, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Westledge Trail Cascades, a waterfall 0.2 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 19 miles off.

Also known as "Three Falls", there are three distinct waterfalls that can be found here.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.91755, -72.85270

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Meadow Pond: 2.4 mi
  • Simsbury Farms Recreation Complex: 2.6 mi
  • Baxter Lawn: 3.4 mi
  • Sixth Form Lawn: 3.5 mi
  • Commencement Lawn: 3.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Dorothy Auerbach Schiro: 2.7 mi
  • Zygmunt Sacharko stone: 3.4 mi
  • Daniel Hill Guilmartin: 4.9 mi
  • Veeder Cabin Site: 5.3 mi
  • John R. Bierman: 5.3 mi
Museums
Attractions: 51
  • Boehm house site: 2.0 mi
  • Manure Spreader: 2.1 mi
  • cellar hole: 2.4 mi
  • Drake High Road Bridge: 4.3 mi
  • Indian Council Caves: 4.5 mi
Artworks: 51
  • Bike Sculpture: 5.2 mi
  • Tumble Brook Sculpture: 9.0 mi
  • Cow: 9.3 mi
  • Cow Mermaid Statue: 10.3 mi
  • Painted Cow: 11.4 mi
Waterfalls: 49
Gardens: 48
  • Southwick Community Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Perennial Garden: 10.4 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 10.5 mi
  • Herb Garden: 10.5 mi
  • Shade Garden: 10.5 mi
Cliffs: 26
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 7.6 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 9.7 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 9.7 mi
  • Garden Wall: 9.8 mi
  • Superstructure: 10.7 mi
Beaches: 9
Springs: 7
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Big Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Hermit spring: 10.6 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 21.6 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 15.0 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 20.7 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 22.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 23.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Southington Rest Area: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Northgate Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNW 314°421 m5.4 mi
Booth HillNW 320°411 m9.3 mi
Winchell MountainNNW 345°403 m10.0 mi
Center HillNW 304°393 m8.3 mi
Morrison HillNW 326°370 m8.8 mi
Washington HillNW 309°359 m4.0 mi
Ratlum MountainWSW 243°358 m4.4 mi
South MountainN 354°357 m8.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4920:31
September equinox06:3918:1418:51
December solstice07:1715:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475867727063524030
Precip in3.73.24.24.04.04.94.54.34.85.23.94.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barkhamsted, 6 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs1,2801,1891,7672,0101,3851,1197576787098501,0081,282

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Farmington River AT Tariffville, CT, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/7307438878

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