Roaring Brook Falls
Roaring Brook Falls is a waterfall in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 131 m. West Peak stands 301 m to the northeast, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Roaring Brook Park, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 18 miles off.
The story
Roaring Brook Falls is a waterfall in the southwestern hills of Cheshire, Connecticut in the Northeastern United States. Formed as the eponymous Roaring Brook descends a wooded cliffside on West Mountain, the waterfall is an 80-foot horsetail and ranks as one of the tallest in the state.
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Wikidata Q24192741, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 18.1 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Roaring Brook Park: 0.4 mi
- Russell Family Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Inverness Glen: 0.6 mi
- Puchalski Property: 0.6 mi
- Doede Estate Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Old Kalinauskas Farm: 0.9 mi
- Forger Park: 1.2 mi
- Canfield Park: 2.0 mi
- Bartlem Park: 2.1 mi
- McGrath Park: 2.2 mi
- Barker Character, Comic, & Cartoon Museum: 4.2 mi
- Jonathan Dickerman House: 4.9 mi
- Naugatuck History Museum at the Tuttle House: 5.9 mi
- Wallingford Historical Society: 6.7 mi
- Mattatuck Museum: 7.3 mi
- Mount Sanford: 1.5 mi
- Prospect Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Talmadge Hill: 1.9 mi
- Bluff Head: 2.1 mi
- Prospect Hill: 2.4 mi
- Bethany Community Garden: 5.7 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 6.1 mi
- Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 8.1 mi
- Sustainable Garden: 8.1 mi
- Japanese Garden: 8.1 mi
- Maribeth McCarthy Demma: 1.1 mi
- Edgar Laing Heermance: 4.8 mi
- South Quad: 5.2 mi
- Honor Hill Monument: 5.8 mi
- Soldiers' Monument: 5.9 mi
- Maori Head: 6.7 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 7.1 mi
- Ben Franklin: 7.2 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 7.2 mi
- End of the Line/West Rock: 10.5 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 5.1 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 6.0 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 11.0 mi
- Boating Side: 11.6 mi
- Waterfront: 11.6 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 7.8 mi
- Libby's Lump: 9.9 mi
- Washington Trail monument: 10.8 mi
- Millstone: 11.7 mi
- Rock House: 13.2 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 4.2 mi
- Hopp Brook Falls: 5.0 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 5.6 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 6.6 mi
- Sperry Falls: 7.3 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 11.2 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 13.4 mi
- Bluff Head: 13.7 mi
- Bethel Rock: 14.0 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 14.2 mi
- Picnic Grove: 11.6 mi
- Pond View: 19.1 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 19.2 mi
- Oak Grove: 19.5 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 19.6 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 6.5 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 8.6 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 11.4 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 15.0 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 15.1 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 24.3 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 24.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 11.0 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Roaring Brook Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Peak | NE 43° | 301 m | 7.5 mi |
| Southington Mountain | N 358° | 281 m | 8.1 mi |
| East Peak | NE 47° | 277 m | 7.5 mi |
| Andrews Hill | W 271° | 275 m | 7.7 mi |
| Woodruff Hill | W 273° | 273 m | 9.4 mi |
| Bucks Hill | NNW 334° | 268 m | 9.6 mi |
| Mount Sanford | SSW 192° | 263 m | 1.5 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NW 313° | 263 m | 4.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:41 | 16:26 |
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 | 29 | 31 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Carmel, 6 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Nov–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Jul.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 9.0 | 7.0 | 8.7 | 9.1 | 7.3 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 8.2 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Honeypot Brook AT Creamery Road AT Cheshire, CT, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/497395192
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- Essex · 30 mi
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