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Schalks Falls

Schalks Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Schalks Falls is a waterfall in New York, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the west-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Hidden Falls, a waterfall 0.8 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.

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The story

Schalks Falls is a waterfall located in the Catskill Mountains of New York. It is located in the hamlet of West Saugerties.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q96405080, matched on coordinates and name (10 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Height
4 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.11268, -74.04923

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Cantine Fields: 5.1 mi
  • Cantine Complex: 5.2 mi
  • Cantine Memorial Field: 5.3 mi
  • Donlon Park: 5.5 mi
  • Esopus Bend Nature Preserve: 5.7 mi
Waterfalls: 52
Historic sites: 46
  • Boarding House: 2.3 mi
  • Tory Fort: 4.3 mi
  • Layman's Monument: 5.4 mi
  • cistern: 5.4 mi
  • stone house: 5.7 mi
Museums: 32
Cliffs: 20
  • Hawks Rocks: 1.1 mi
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 1.2 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 2.2 mi
  • Ministers Face: 2.7 mi
  • Hurricane Ledge: 3.7 mi
Artworks: 20
Beaches: 18
  • Saugerties Beach: 5.8 mi
  • West Landing: 7.8 mi
  • South Landing: 7.8 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Kingston Point Beach: 13.3 mi
Gardens: 15
  • The Walled Garden: 7.0 mi
  • The Upper Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 9.3 mi
  • Rough Garden: 9.6 mi
  • The Anna Jones Meditation Garden: 9.6 mi
Attractions: 9
  • The Old Game Farm: 9.0 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 13.0 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 13.5 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 13.9 mi
  • Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 18.5 mi
Springs: 6
  • Devil's Acre spring: 10.0 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 14.7 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 17.8 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 17.8 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 18.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Schalks Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainWNW 296°1,228.34 m10.3 mi
Black DomeNNW 341°1,217.37 m11.5 mi
Thomas Cole MountainNNW 338°1,204.87 m11.8 mi
BlackheadNNW 345°1,200.91 m11.1 mi
Plateau MountainWNW 285°1,168.91 m6.6 mi
Sugarloaf MountainWNW 284°1,160 m5.3 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainWNW 289°1,140 m10.5 mi
Kaaterskill High PeakNNW 335°1,113.13 m3.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2119:5420:36
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
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: Dec–Jan, Mar–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs5974958191,126696434233191279368485654

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Esopus Creek AT Mount Marion NY, 7 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/2359237982

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