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Quakertown Falls

Quakertown Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Quakertown Falls is a waterfall in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 299 m. Portersville Hill stands 445 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Quaker Falls Recreation Area, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Ohio Lincoln Highway Historic Byway passes 22 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Quakertown Falls is a double falls on railroad property.

What the record says

Height
15 m
Width
5 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.02193, -80.51047

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Elizabeth Birdsell Park: 1.0 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Peace Park: 1.6 mi
  • Old School Park: 1.7 mi
  • Lowellville Waterfront Park & Canoe Livery: 1.8 mi
  • Poland Township Park: 2.1 mi
Historic sites
Artworks: 47
Gardens: 44
  • Centennial Garden: 5.3 mi
  • St. Michael the Archangel Garden: 8.3 mi
  • Garden of Devotion: 8.4 mi
  • Youngstown Food Forest: 8.5 mi
  • Youngstown Inner City Gardens: 8.6 mi
Nature reserves: 43
Museums: 34
Peaks: 18
  • High Hill: 7.4 mi
  • Stony Hill: 8.0 mi
  • Bird Hill: 8.6 mi
  • Fletcher Hill: 11.6 mi
  • Turkey Hill: 11.7 mi
Waterfalls: 14
Picnic sites: 7
Attractions: 6
  • Youngstown Sign: 8.9 mi
  • Vintage Tourist Train: 10.4 mi
  • Billy Goat Hill: 14.5 mi
  • Indian Rock: 15.9 mi
  • Victory Lane: 19.7 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Chestnut Run Swim Beach: 20.0 mi
  • Lakeview Beach: 21.2 mi
  • Dog Beach: 23.6 mi
Springs: 2
  • Shelter Rock Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Salt Spring: 17.6 mi
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Mercer Welcome Center: 11.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Quakertown Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Portersville HillESE 108°445 m20.4 mi
Fletcher HillSE 125°410 m11.6 mi
Turkey HillSE 126°409 m11.7 mi
Dight HillE 81°402 m21.8 mi
Mahoning County High PointWSW 246°401 m16.7 mi
Big Bend HillNNE 27°393 m21.2 mi
Trautman HillN 359°390 m24.3 mi
Blackburn HillWSW 247°384 m21.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2618:5819:34
June solstice05:5120:1720:58
September equinox07:1018:4519:21
December solstice07:4416:1316:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038496069737265544233
Precip in2.92.23.13.73.94.54.63.93.93.23.03.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Castle 1 N, 8 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs1,8232,0681,6571,9401,4201,4051,0747377477739321,331

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Mahoning River at Lowellville OH, 2 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/6187314263

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