Quakertown Falls
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
- 21.5 mi off the Ohio Lincoln Highway Historic Byway
- 26.2 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- North Side School: 1.7 mi
- Bessemer War Memorial: 3.4 mi
- The Birdbath: 4.5 mi
- Old St. Nicholas Church: 4.6 mi
- The Peace Keepers Memorial: 4.7 mi
- General Thaddeus Kosciuszko & General Casimir Pulaski: 5.4 mi
- Lincoln Park Mural: 7.5 mi
- Weeping Angel: 8.0 mi
- Robinson-Shuba Statue: 8.9 mi
- We Are Youngstown: 8.9 mi
- 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
- Quaker Falls Recreation Area: 0.3 mi
- Jones Property Conservation Easement: 5.9 mi
- Walkers Meadow: 5.9 mi
- Yellow Creek Riparian Corridor: 5.9 mi
- William Holmes McGuffey Wildlife Preserve: 7.1 mi
- Struthers Historical Museum: 4.8 mi
- McDonough Museum of Art: 9.1 mi
- OH WOW! Childen's Museum: 9.1 mi
- Butler Institute of American Art: 9.1 mi
- Arms Family Museum: 9.1 mi
- 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
- Lanterman's Falls: 9.5 mi
- Lower Cascade Falls: 10.1 mi
- Upper Cascade Falls: 10.2 mi
- Hells Hollow Falls: 15.9 mi
- Homewood Falls: 17.2 mi
- Butler Circle: 5.7 mi
- Daniel H. Becker Family Fountain Commons: 9.2 mi
- Orchard Meadow: 9.9 mi
- Lower Bears Den Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
- Yeager Pond Observation Deck: 14.3 mi
- 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
- Chestnut Run Swim Beach: 20.0 mi
- Lakeview Beach: 21.2 mi
- Dog Beach: 23.6 mi
- Shelter Rock Spring: 9.6 mi
- Salt Spring: 17.6 mi
- Bears Den Quarry Wall: 10.4 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portersville Hill | ESE 108° | 445 m | 20.4 mi |
| Fletcher Hill | SE 125° | 410 m | 11.6 mi |
| Turkey Hill | SE 126° | 409 m | 11.7 mi |
| Dight Hill | E 81° | 402 m | 21.8 mi |
| Mahoning County High Point | WSW 246° | 401 m | 16.7 mi |
| Big Bend Hill | NNE 27° | 393 m | 21.2 mi |
| Trautman Hill | N 359° | 390 m | 24.3 mi |
| Blackburn Hill | WSW 247° | 384 m | 21.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:58 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:17 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 16:13 | 16:57 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 1,823 | 2,068 | 1,657 | 1,940 | 1,420 | 1,405 | 1,074 | 737 | 747 | 773 | 932 | 1,331 |
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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6187314263
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