Rumford Falls
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
- 5.3 mi off the Rangeley Lakes Scenic Byway, National
- 13.8 mi off the Grafton Notch Scenic Byway
- 24.7 mi off the Pequawket Trail Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Table Rock · 20 mi
- Height of Land Scenic Overlook · 22 mi
- Shelton Noyes Scenic Overlook · 27 mi
- Evans Notch Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Farrington Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Lovejoy Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Trask Ledge: 2.4 mi
- Glass Face Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Mann Hill: 2.6 mi
- Water Supply Lands: 2.1 mi
- Pennacook Area Community Trails: 2.3 mi
- Irl Osborne Brown and Julia Gertrude Brown Memorial Forest: 2.6 mi
- Water Supply Land: 3.1 mi
- Glassface Mountain Conservation Area: 3.5 mi
- Andover Korean War and Vietnam War Memorial: 12.2 mi
- Andover World War II Memorial: 12.2 mi
- Andover World War I Memorial: 12.2 mi
- Andover Civil War Memorial: 12.2 mi
- Bethel War Memorial: 15.1 mi
- Andover Historical Society: 12.1 mi
- Maine Mineral and Gem Museum: 15.1 mi
- Bethel Historical Society Regional History Museum: 15.3 mi
- Moses Mason House Museum: 15.3 mi
- The Washburn-Norlands Living History Center: 18.8 mi
- Pauls Bluff: 5.8 mi
- Whittemore Bluff: 6.0 mi
- Shagg Crag: 7.4 mi
- Bucks Ledge: 11.0 mi
- Goss Ledge: 11.5 mi
- 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
- Screw Auger Falls: 17.8 mi
- Angel Falls: 18.7 mi
- Smalls falls: 22.1 mi
- Kees Falls: 24.1 mi
- Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox: 0.3 mi
- Bethel's Civil War Soldier Monument: 15.1 mi
- Leaf Sculpture: 21.5 mi
- Mt Zircon Spring: 3.7 mi
- Cooper Spring: 19.3 mi
- Mountain fountain: 22.7 mi
- Moose Cave: 19.6 mi
- Light of the World Cross: 22.4 mi
- Oxford County Fairground: 24.0 mi
- Coos Canyon Rest Area: 13.3 mi
- Snow Falls Rest Area: 16.3 mi
- Smalls Falls: 22.1 mi
- Gilead Picnic Ground: 23.3 mi
- Greenwood Town Beach: 13.2 mi
- Sunday River Covered Bridge: 15.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Rumford Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Mountain | N 8° | 771 m | 9.0 mi |
| Black Mountain | NW 304° | 715 m | 5.5 mi |
| Mount Zircon | S 189° | 677 m | 4.5 mi |
| South Twin Mountain | NW 323° | 655 m | 5.6 mi |
| Whitecap Mountain | WNW 291° | 655 m | 6.2 mi |
| North Twin Mountain | NW 325° | 654 m | 6.4 mi |
| Flathead Mountain | NNW 334° | 654 m | 9.4 mi |
| Speckled Mountain | SSE 167° | 645 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:16 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 19:47 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:03 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:17 | 16:06 |
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 | 17 | 19 | 29 | 42 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 47 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 6.1 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 |
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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 2,982 | 2,846 | 4,149 | 8,304 | 7,235 | 4,052 | 2,779 | 2,416 | 2,386 | 2,998 | 3,547 | 3,369 |
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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/6737377941
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