Postcard Falls
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.
What the record says
- Height
- 1 m
How to reach it
- 3.0 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Owen's Point · 8 mi
- Paid viewfinder · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Nicolaus Copernicus Sgraffito: 1.0 mi
- Parents’ Sacrifice: 1.0 mi
- Blessed Virgin Mary and Child: 1.0 mi
- St. Thérèse of Lisieux: 1.0 mi
- St. Basil the Great: 1.0 mi
- Photo City Improv: 3.1 mi
- Royal Dynasty: 4.0 mi
- RBTL West Herr Auditorium Theatre: 4.1 mi
- West Herr Performing Arts Center: 4.1 mi
- Eastman Dental Dispensary Building: 4.2 mi
- Cobbs Hill: 2.8 mi
- Pinnacle Hill: 3.4 mi
- Turk Hill: 7.1 mi
- Hunt Hills: 7.9 mi
- Methodist Hill: 8.1 mi
- Kali Garden: 1.0 mi
- Peace Pole: 1.0 mi
- Great Famine Monument: 1.1 mi
- LaSalle Way Plaque: 1.9 mi
- East Rochester World War II Veterans Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Stone Tolan House: 1.4 mi
- Rochester Medical Museum and Archives: 2.6 mi
- George Eastman Museum: 3.5 mi
- Memorial Art Gallery: 4.0 mi
- Fairport Historical Museum: 4.3 mi
- Former St. John Fisher Golf Course: 1.6 mi
- Wynd's Woods: 1.8 mi
- Erie Canal Nature Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Robert C. Corby Arboretum and Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.4 mi
- Irene Gossin Nature Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Prayer Garden at Mary Magdalene Church: 2.3 mi
- Linear Garden: 2.5 mi
- Emmighausen Garden: 2.7 mi
- Wide Water Gardens: 3.3 mi
- Swillburg Community Garden: 3.5 mi
- 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
- 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
- Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse: 9.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Postcard Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Mountain | SSE 165° | 358 m | 17.4 mi |
| Jakman Hill | SSW 198° | 357 m | 21.1 mi |
| Baptist Hill | SSE 167° | 356 m | 20.4 mi |
| Hopper Hills | S 172° | 335 m | 12.9 mi |
| Allens Hill | S 180° | 317 m | 20.3 mi |
| Taft Hill | S 178° | 287 m | 17.4 mi |
| Baker Hill | SE 144° | 282 m | 8.2 mi |
| College Hill | SSW 198° | 267 m | 16.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:45 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 20:11 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 15:52 | 16:38 |
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 | 26 | 27 | 35 | 47 | 59 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rochester GTR Intl, 8 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Feb–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 27.7 | 35.8 | 54.2 | 47.5 | 31.8 | 26.6 | 23.3 | 22.0 | 21.6 | 24.2 | 28.3 | 31.0 |
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.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/1584932256
Day trips start here
- Farmington · 14 mi
- Palmyra · 15 mi
- Williamson · 18 mi
- Canandaigua · 21 mi
- Newark · 22 mi
- Finger Lakes Apple Country · 27 mi
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