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Old Mill Falls

Old Mill Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Old Mill Falls is a waterfall in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 182 m. Dummerston Hill stands 500 m to the west-northwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Davis Hill, a peak 1.1 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 0.5 miles off.

What the record says

Height
10 m
Width
3 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.86759, -72.48662

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Ware's Grove Town Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Pliny Park: 3.8 mi
  • Brattleboro Common: 3.8 mi
  • Lynch Park: 4.1 mi
  • Crowell Playground: 4.2 mi
Historic sites: 33
  • Hinsdale Raceway: 4.4 mi
  • New Hampshire/Vermont/Massachusetts Tri-State Granite Marker: 9.8 mi
  • Oya Hill: 11.1 mi
  • Gravity Foundation Monument: 11.2 mi
  • Keene Soldier's Monument: 11.5 mi
Museums: 29
Cliffs: 21
  • Mine Ledge: 2.6 mi
  • Mine Ledge: 11.7 mi
  • Troy Cliffs: 13.1 mi
  • Table Rock: 14.2 mi
  • Rose Ledge Upper Tier: 18.4 mi
Attractions: 14
  • Parrish Shoes Sign (Jumanji): 11.5 mi
  • Stone Bridge: 15.8 mi
  • Hermit's Castle: 17.9 mi
  • Greenfield Energy Park: 20.3 mi
  • rock overhang: 20.5 mi
Artworks: 11
  • Reaching: 11.2 mi
  • Aurora: 11.3 mi
  • Trinity Bicycle Shop: 11.3 mi
  • Baseball: 11.3 mi
  • Johnathan Daniels: 11.4 mi
Beaches: 11
  • Richmond Town Beach at Cass Pond: 14.2 mi
  • Green Mountain Beach: 16.6 mi
  • Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 19.4 mi
  • The Ledges: 19.8 mi
  • Sunset Beach: 20.6 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Pulpit Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Falls Brook Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Hobo Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Royalston Falls: 16.1 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 19.8 mi
Covered bridges: 6
Gardens: 4
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Falcon Spring: 19.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Old Mill Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dummerston HillWNW 285°500 m9.5 mi
Governors MountainWSW 253°497 m9.6 mi
Ginseng HillW 259°459 m8.6 mi
Hyland HillNE 39°458 m8.2 mi
Round MountainW 265°441 m7.8 mi
Franklin MountainESE 110°434 m7.5 mi
Davis HillSSE 147°432 m1.1 mi
Hubbard HillESE 101°419 m1.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1219:5020:33
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1815:3316:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202331435564696860483727
Precip in3.12.83.43.43.84.44.54.34.34.93.53.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Keene, 10 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs6636281,2441,830982538345263271410643741

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Ashuelot River AT Hinsdale, NH, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12477061241

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