Pratts Falls
Pratts Falls is a waterfall in New York, at a modelled elevation of 370 m. Morgan Hill stands 618 m to the south, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Spruce Grove Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. Route 20 Scenic Byway passes 1.2 miles off.
The story
park in Onondaga County, New York, United States of America
Wikidata Q49545923, matched on coordinates and name (177 m apart).
What the record says
- Height
- 42 m
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
- 22.8 mi off the Scenic Route 90
Named places within 25 miles
- Pratt's Falls Park: 0.2 mi
- Indian Hill Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Jamesville Beach County Park: 4.5 mi
- Mill Run Park: 4.7 mi
- Village Centre: 5.0 mi
- Torry Hill: 3.2 mi
- Mason Hill: 4.0 mi
- Chase Hill: 4.3 mi
- Palmer Hill: 4.9 mi
- Irish Hill: 4.9 mi
- Indian Hill: 3.3 mi
- Old Fly Marsh: 3.9 mi
- Richards Green Space: 7.6 mi
- Wiesner Green Space: 7.6 mi
- Lafayette Road Experiment Station: 8.1 mi
- Site of railroad turntable: 6.3 mi
- Lime Kiln: 7.6 mi
- Limestone Creek Aqueduct: 7.8 mi
- Butternut Creek Aqueduct: 8.3 mi
- 9/11 Memorial Monument: 8.4 mi
- Jamesville Community Museum: 5.7 mi
- The Stickley Museum: 6.5 mi
- Lorenzo Mansion: 6.6 mi
- Friends of Clark Reservation State Park Nature Center: 6.6 mi
- Matilda Joslyn Gage Center: 6.8 mi
- Brickyard Falls: 3.8 mi
- Edwards Falls: 4.4 mi
- Delphi Falls Lower: 6.7 mi
- Delphi Falls Upper: 6.8 mi
- Chittenango Falls: 8.4 mi
- Willow Sculpture: 7.1 mi
- Jitterbugs: 7.1 mi
- Stacks: 8.2 mi
- Supplicant Persephone: 10.1 mi
- Job: 10.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 8.3 mi
- Morningside Community Garden: 9.5 mi
- South Side Garden: 10.0 mi
- E.M. Mills Memorial Rose Garden: 10.0 mi
- Spruce Ridge Landscape & Garden Center: 11.1 mi
- Spruce Grove Picnic Area: 0.1 mi
- Cedar Bay Pavilion: 8.1 mi
- Galster Pavilion: 8.4 mi
- Poolsbrook Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
- Willow Bay: 17.8 mi
- Jamesville Beach: 4.7 mi
- Green Lakes Beach: 8.9 mi
- Valentine's Beach: 18.3 mi
- Oneida Shores: 21.1 mi
- Verona Beach: 21.6 mi
- Nicholas J. Pirro Convention Center: 11.0 mi
- Great New York State Fair: 14.8 mi
- Onondaga Lake Parkway Bridge: 14.9 mi
- New York State Fairgrounds: 15.0 mi
- Geographical Center of New York State: 19.8 mi
- Dorwin Springs: 9.1 mi
- Preble: 16.7 mi
- The Ledges: 17.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Pratts Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Hill | S 180° | 618 m | 10.1 mi |
| Muller Hill | SE 135° | 617 m | 15.1 mi |
| Randall Hill | SSE 165° | 617 m | 17.5 mi |
| Truxton Hill | SSW 199° | 616 m | 12.7 mi |
| Fellows Hill | S 189° | 611 m | 8.4 mi |
| Hunt Hill | SE 143° | 611 m | 12.9 mi |
| Labrador Hill | SSW 197° | 606 m | 11.1 mi |
| Bull Hill | S 171° | 605 m | 16.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:39 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:04 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:47 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 21 | 29 | 42 | 54 | 62 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 47 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tully Heiberg Forest, 13 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 57.4 | 66.1 | 102 | 109 | 52.6 | 31.3 | 20.2 | 13.3 | 16.4 | 27.4 | 45.1 | 55.9 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Butternut Creek Near Jamesville NY, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/2950107374
Day trips start here
- Cazenovia · 7 mi
- Central New York · 11 mi
- Syracuse · 11 mi
- Skaneateles · 22 mi
- Cortland · 25 mi
- Auburn · 29 mi
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