Rosecran Falls
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Rosecran Falls is a waterfall in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 490 m. The Winehead stands 724 m to the southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Rosecrans Falls, a waterfall less than a tenth of a mile away. Bucktail Trail passes 7.5 miles off.
How to reach it
- 7.5 mi off the Bucktail Trail
- 25.8 mi off the High Plateau Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Hyner View · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Zindel Park: 3.9 mi
- Long Run Little League: 4.9 mi
- Wayne Township Nature Park: 5.3 mi
- Alan Gardner Memorial Park: 6.1 mi
- Harvey's Run Park: 6.4 mi
- Riansares Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Round Top: 5.2 mi
- Nippenose Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Hall Mountain: 5.9 mi
- East Point: 6.4 mi
- Big Rock Spring: 4.4 mi
- Hemlock Spring: 4.8 mi
- Sand Spring: 5.4 mi
- Big Spring: 7.0 mi
- Horse Path Spring: 8.2 mi
- Castenea War Memorial: 6.4 mi
- Historic Plane: 6.7 mi
- Canal Lock: 7.5 mi
- Woodward Township Veterans Memorial: 7.6 mi
- Captain Green Monument: 7.6 mi
- The Lorax Statue: 8.0 mi
- Bald Eagle Statue: 8.5 mi
- student bodies: 19.0 mi
- Motorcycle: 19.1 mi
- Little League Statue: 19.2 mi
- Torbert Island Natural Area: 10.3 mi
- State Game Lands Number 255: 10.7 mi
- Northeast Fishery Center: 12.1 mi
- Poe Valley State Park: 19.2 mi
- State Game Lands Number 201: 19.5 mi
- Clinton Central Model Railroad Club: 6.6 mi
- Piper Aviation Museum: 6.7 mi
- Heisey House Museum: 7.4 mi
- Mifflinburg Buggy Museum: 18.1 mi
- Mifflinburg Historical Society Museum: 18.1 mi
- Lock Port Picnic and Boat Launch: 7.4 mi
- St. Agnes Picnic Grounds: 7.6 mi
- Tea Springs Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- Hairy Johns PIcnic Area: 11.6 mi
- Rock Springs Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- "Holy Toledo" roadcut: 3.8 mi
- Fishery Point: 15.0 mi
- Chimney Rock Overlook: 15.9 mi
- Fisher Point: 22.9 mi
- J. Doyle Corman Amphitheater and Floating Stage: 7.5 mi
- Red Candle Island: 15.8 mi
- Penn's Cave & Wildlife Park: 20.1 mi
- Clinton County Rest Area Westbound: 8.8 mi
- Clinton County Rest Area Eastbound: 9.1 mi
- Long Lane Flower & Garden: 15.3 mi
- STREAM Garden: 20.7 mi
- Rosecrans Falls: 0.0 mi
- Ingleby: 17.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Rosecran Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Winehead | SW 224° | 724 m | 10.9 mi |
| Riansares Mountain | WSW 241° | 706 m | 3.4 mi |
| Big Kettle Mountain | SW 234° | 688 m | 12.8 mi |
| Thick Mountain | S 187° | 671 m | 13.5 mi |
| White Mountain | S 190° | 671 m | 17.5 mi |
| Winkelblech Mountain | S 182° | 668 m | 10.9 mi |
| Shriner Mountain | S 188° | 665 m | 9.2 mi |
| Paddy Mountain | S 170° | 660 m | 13.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:45 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:04 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:00 | 16:45 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lock Haven Sewage PLT, 7 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 7,253 | 7,937 | 10,500 | 9,614 | 8,564 | 4,322 | 2,411 | 2,719 | 3,789 | 2,310 | 4,437 | 6,015 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge WB Susquehanna River at Lock Haven, PA, 8 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/7880037332
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