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Silver Falls

Silver Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Silver Falls is a waterfall in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 32 m. Chapel Hill stands 182 m to the north-northeast, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Farm Meadow Road Tract, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 17 miles off.

This waterfall is on private property.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.41263, -72.21893

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Powers Lake Boat Launch: 2.4 mi
  • Pattagansett Lake Boat Launch: 3.2 mi
  • Horse Pond Boat Launch: 3.7 mi
  • Montville American Little League Complex: 4.0 mi
  • Leary Park: 4.3 mi
Historic sites
Beaches: 59
Attractions: 39
  • turtle rock: 3.8 mi
  • tri-town marker: 4.8 mi
  • Salmon Head Rock: 7.1 mi
  • The Whale: 7.6 mi
  • Devil's Oven: 7.7 mi
Waterfalls: 33
  • Cascade: 7.8 mi
  • Chapman Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Cascade: 8.7 mi
  • Cascade: 8.9 mi
  • Yantic Falls: 10.7 mi
Artworks: 25
Gardens: 25
  • Azalea Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Laurel Walk: 6.1 mi
  • Sprout Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Wildflower Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Caroline Black Garden: 6.5 mi
Cliffs: 7
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 6.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 13.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 13.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 2
  • Old Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Windham Spring: 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Silver Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chapel HillNNE 13°182 m3.9 mi
Maynard HillNNW 342°174 m3.7 mi
Forsyth HillN 357°171 m4.6 mi
Raymond HillNNE 20°170 m6.0 mi
Dolbeare HillNNE 28°162 m4.2 mi
Sharp HillNE 52°149 m4.4 mi
Ladd HillNNW 343°148 m4.8 mi
Crandall HillENE 59°137 m5.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2519:01
June solstice05:1619:4520:27
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1215:3916:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340495867737366554637
Precip in3.93.44.94.43.73.93.44.24.34.43.84.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton, 10 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs64.166.192.179.556.029.414.611.316.622.341.563.0

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge East Branch Eightmile River Near North Lyme, CT, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7387712484

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