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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: 43
Historic sites: 41
  • 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: 17
  • 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: 14
  • 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: 5
  • Devil's Acre spring: 10.0 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 14.7 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 17.8 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 18.9 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 21.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Schalks Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainWNW1,228 m10.3 mi
Black DomeNNW1,217 m11.5 mi
Thomas Cole MountainNNW1,205 m11.8 mi
BlackheadNNW1,201 m11.1 mi
Plateau MountainWNW1,169 m6.6 mi
Sugarloaf MountainWNW1,160 m5.3 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainWNW1,140 m10.5 mi
Kaaterskill High PeakNNW1,113 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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