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Santa Cruz Falls

Santa Cruz Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Santa Cruz Falls is a waterfall in New York, at a modelled elevation of 561 m. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the west, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Delmura Falls, a waterfall 0.6 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
17 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.18275, -74.08153

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Rip Van Winkle Lake Park: 2.7 mi
  • Mountain Top Arboretum: 3.6 mi
  • C.D. Lane Park: 8.5 mi
  • Angelo Canna Town Park: 9.0 mi
  • Cantine Fields: 9.1 mi
Waterfalls: 47
Historic sites: 46
  • Layman's Monument: 0.8 mi
  • Tory Fort: 1.1 mi
  • stone house: 1.5 mi
  • cistern: 1.7 mi
  • Catskill Mountain House: 2.5 mi
Museums: 36
Artworks: 18
Cliffs: 15
  • Hurricane Ledge: 1.5 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 3.5 mi
  • Hawks Rocks: 4.1 mi
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 4.4 mi
  • Devils Tombstone: 6.6 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Saugerties Beach: 10.2 mi
  • West Landing: 12.4 mi
  • South Landing: 12.4 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 14.2 mi
  • Oakdale Beach: 16.2 mi
Gardens: 12
  • The Upper Garden: 10.7 mi
  • The Walled Garden: 10.7 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 14.0 mi
  • The Anna Jones Meditation Garden: 14.2 mi
  • Bard Community Garden: 14.3 mi
Attractions: 6
  • The Old Game Farm: 5.4 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 13.6 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 14.0 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 19.0 mi
  • Pratt Rock: 19.6 mi
Springs: 5
  • Devil's Acre spring: 7.8 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 9.6 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 20.7 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 21.5 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 22.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Santa Cruz Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainW1,228 m7.6 mi
Black DomeNNW1,217 m6.4 mi
Thomas Cole MountainNNW1,205 m6.7 mi
BlackheadNNW1,201 m6.0 mi
West Kill MountainW1,186 m10.7 mi
Plateau MountainWSW1,169 m5.7 mi
Sugarloaf MountainSW1,160 m5.0 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainW1,140 m8.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2119:5420:37
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:2215:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222431435463686660483828
Precip in4.94.05.75.24.86.05.56.36.37.04.97.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Platte Clove, 3 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs5.23.86.39.76.32.33.03.82.44.25.27.5

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Myrtle Brook AT State Hwy 214 AT Edgewood NY, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11812699374

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