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Postcard Falls

Postcard Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Postcard Falls is a waterfall in New York, at a modelled elevation of 99 m. Oak Mountain stands 358 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Corbett's Glen Nature Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 3.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
1 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.13012, -77.51854

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Corbett's Glen Nature Park: 0.2 mi
  • Panorama Valley Park: 1.0 mi
  • Concrest Park: 1.4 mi
  • Rodney B. Janes Park: 1.5 mi
  • Northside Park: 2.0 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Peaks
Attractions
Museums: 38
Gardens: 31
Nature reserves: 30
Waterfalls: 10
  • Densmore Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Upper Falls: 4.8 mi
  • High Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Middle Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Lower Falls: 6.5 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Windsor Beach: 9.4 mi
  • Ontario Beach: 10.2 mi
  • Kershaw Beach: 21.8 mi
  • Kershaw Park Small Marine Craft Launch Area: 21.9 mi
Lighthouses: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.7 miles of Postcard Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oak MountainSSE 165°358 m17.4 mi
Jakman HillSSW 198°357 m21.1 mi
Baptist HillSSE 167°356 m20.4 mi
Hopper HillsS 172°335 m12.9 mi
Allens HillS 180°317 m20.3 mi
Woodchuck HillS 182°297 m16.9 mi
Taft HillS 178°287 m17.4 mi
Baker HillSE 144°282 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4519:22
June solstice05:3120:1120:54
September equinox06:5818:3219:09
December solstice07:3915:5216:38

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262735475968727164524232
Precip in2.52.12.53.02.93.43.63.33.23.22.82.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rochester GTR Intl, 8 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs27.735.854.247.531.826.623.322.021.624.228.331.0

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Allen Creek Near Rochester NY, under a mile 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/1584932256

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