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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

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
Peaks
Historic sites: 32
  • 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: 16
  • Mine Ledge: 2.6 mi
  • Troy Cliffs: 13.1 mi
  • Table Rock: 14.2 mi
  • Rose Ledge Upper Tier: 18.4 mi
  • Introductory Buttress: 18.4 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
Attractions: 11
  • 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
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: 8
  • 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 9.7 miles of Old Mill Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dummerston HillWNW500 m9.5 mi
Governors MountainWSW497 m9.6 mi
Ginseng HillW459 m8.6 mi
Hyland HillNE458 m8.2 mi
Round MountainW441 m7.8 mi
Franklin MountainESE434 m7.5 mi
Davis HillSSE432 m1.1 mi
Hubbard HillESE419 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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