Roaring Brook Falls
Roaring Brook Falls is a waterfall in New York, at a modelled elevation of 467 m. Dix Mountain stands 1,473 m to the south-southwest, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Crack in the Woods Cliff, a cliff 0.2 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) runs past it.
What the record says
- Height
- 80 m
How to reach it
- On the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 13.2 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 15.6 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 20.2 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 1 mi
- Giant Washbowl Overlook · 1 mi
- Ridge Lookout · 1 mi
- Snow Mountain Lookout · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Nubble: 0.8 mi
- Round Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Noonmark Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Cathedral Rocks: 1.7 mi
- Snow Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Crack in the Woods Cliff: 0.2 mi
- Case Wall: 0.3 mi
- Case Wall - Shotgun Face: 0.3 mi
- Dregs Wall: 0.4 mi
- Lower Beer Wall: 0.4 mi
- East Branch Community Trails: 10.8 mi
- Moriah Miners Park: 11.9 mi
- Thrall Dam Park: 12.5 mi
- Milholland Park: 13.0 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 14.6 mi
- Russell Falls: 1.1 mi
- Beede Brook Falls: 1.6 mi
- Wedge Brook Cascades: 2.7 mi
- Artists Falls: 2.9 mi
- Beaver Meadow Falls: 3.2 mi
- Canyon Bridge Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 3.9 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 8.5 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 10.9 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 12.1 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 4.0 mi
- Boquet River Primitive Area: 5.2 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 11.0 mi
- Moriah Wilderness Preserve: 11.1 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 13.3 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 9.3 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 9.3 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 9.4 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 12.0 mi
- Skyride: 12.5 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 9.5 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 9.5 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 14.4 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 14.5 mi
- The Iron Center: 16.7 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 14.4 mi
- Westport Beach: 16.4 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 16.7 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 17.0 mi
- Park beach: 21.8 mi
- Footbridge Park: 9.3 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 16.7 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 16.7 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 17.0 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 21.7 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 23.1 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 9.8 mi
- Tahawus: 16.0 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 16.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Roaring Brook Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dix Mountain | SSW 195° | 1,473 m | 4.9 mi |
| Beck-horn | SSW 194° | 1,455 m | 5.0 mi |
| Gothics | WSW 252° | 1,425 m | 5.1 mi |
| Giant Mountain | ENE 70° | 1,410 m | 2.1 mi |
| Pyramid Peak | WSW 249° | 1,401 m | 5.1 mi |
| Nippletop | SSW 213° | 1,393 m | 5.1 mi |
| Saddleback Mountain | WSW 254° | 1,375 m | 5.9 mi |
| Hough Peak | S 189° | 1,341 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:58 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:32 | 16:20 |
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 | 15 | 18 | 26 | 39 | 51 | 60 | 64 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 21 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Placid 2 S, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4194209149
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 9 mi
- Westport · 16 mi
- Crown Point · 21 mi
- Essex · 23 mi
- Charlotte · 28 mi
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