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Rumford Falls

Rumford Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Rumford Falls is a waterfall in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 172 m. Spruce Mountain stands 771 m to the north, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Veteran's Memorial Park, a park 0.3 miles away. RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY passes 5.3 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates44.53894, -70.54370

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
  • Morency Park: 0.6 mi
  • Chisholm Park: 0.6 mi
  • Memorial Green: 0.7 mi
  • Strathglass Park: 0.9 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Water Supply Lands: 2.1 mi
  • Pennacook Area Community Trails: 2.3 mi
  • Water Supply Lands: 2.4 mi
  • Irl Osborne Brown and Julia Gertrude Brown Memorial Forest: 2.6 mi
  • Water Supply Land: 3.1 mi
Museums: 12
Cliffs: 11
Waterfalls: 5
  • The Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Screw Auger Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Angel Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Smalls falls: 22.1 mi
  • Kees Falls: 24.1 mi
Gardens: 4
  • Rumford Community Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Middle School Community Garden: 18.8 mi
  • UMF Community Garden: 21.4 mi
  • The Eiffel Tower of Paris, Maine: 22.4 mi
Artworks: 3
Springs: 3
  • Mt Zircon Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Cooper Spring: 19.3 mi
  • Mountain fountain: 22.7 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Moose Cave: 19.6 mi
  • Light of the World Cross: 22.4 mi
  • Oxford County Fairground: 24.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Coos Canyon Rest Area: 13.3 mi
  • Snow Falls Rest Area: 16.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Smalls Falls: 22.1 mi
  • Gilead Picnic Ground: 23.3 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Greenwood Town Beach: 13.2 mi
Covered bridges: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Rumford Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spruce MountainN 8°771 m9.0 mi
Spruce MountainSSW 193°732 m9.3 mi
Black MountainNW 304°715 m5.5 mi
Mount ZirconS 189°677 m4.5 mi
South Twin MountainNW 323°655 m5.6 mi
Whitecap MountainWNW 291°655 m6.2 mi
North Twin MountainNW 325°654 m6.4 mi
Black MountainSSE 150°649 m7.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1618:55
June solstice04:5819:4720:31
September equinox06:3018:0318:42
December solstice07:1615:1716:06

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F171929425564696760473524
Precip in3.32.43.24.13.76.14.54.73.75.04.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rumford 1 SSE, under a mile away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Mar–Jun — fullest in Apr, leanest in Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs2,9822,8464,1498,3047,2354,0522,7792,4162,3862,9983,5473,369

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Androscoggin River at Rumford, Maine, under a mile away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/6737377941

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