Silver Falls
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
- 16.8 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 17.7 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 19.2 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 20.3 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Farm Meadow Road Tract: 0.8 mi
- Grassy Hill Road Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Chesterfield Road Open Space: 1.6 mi
- Nehantic Nature Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Darrow Pond Property: 1.7 mi
- Pigeon Hill: 0.9 mi
- Morgan Hill: 1.2 mi
- Polly Hill: 1.3 mi
- Ridge Hill: 1.7 mi
- Smith Hill: 2.0 mi
- The Genius Museum at Nature's Art Village: 1.3 mi
- Salem Historical Society: 6.2 mi
- Niantic Children’s Museum: 6.3 mi
- Lyman Allyn Museum of Art: 6.6 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard Museum: 6.6 mi
- 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
- Transient Workmans Camp: 2.8 mi
- Transient Workman's Camp Buildings: 2.8 mi
- The Eagle: 6.1 mi
- The Ancient Town of Lyme: 6.1 mi
- Lyme's Veterans Memorial: 6.1 mi
- Kiddie's Beach: 4.7 mi
- Amtrak Beach: 6.4 mi
- Hole-in-the-Wall Beach: 6.5 mi
- McCook Park Beach: 6.7 mi
- Crescent Beach: 6.8 mi
- 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
- Monty the T-Rex: 1.4 mi
- Sparky: 5.7 mi
- Nathan Hale Statue: 7.0 mi
- River Blue: 8.7 mi
- Muffler Man: 10.0 mi
- 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
- Chapman Falls: 8.0 mi
- Yantic Falls: 10.7 mi
- Succor Brook Falls: 12.7 mi
- Moodus Falls: 12.8 mi
- Clark Creek Falls: 13.3 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 7.1 mi
- Pine Ledge: 12.7 mi
- Crow Head: 21.9 mi
- Ram Head: 23.4 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 23.9 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 12.2 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 20.1 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 20.1 mi
- Oil Shed: 20.2 mi
- Skate Hut: 6.6 mi
- Powder House: 6.8 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 6.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 13.2 mi
- Old Spring: 12.0 mi
- Windham Spring: 21.7 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 13.9 mi
- Gay City State Park: 24.5 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapel Hill | NNE 13° | 182 m | 3.9 mi |
| Maynard Hill | NNW 342° | 174 m | 3.7 mi |
| Forsyth Hill | N 357° | 171 m | 4.6 mi |
| Raymond Hill | NNE 20° | 170 m | 6.0 mi |
| Dolbeare Hill | NNE 28° | 162 m | 4.2 mi |
| Sharp Hill | NE 52° | 149 m | 4.4 mi |
| Ladd Hill | NNW 343° | 148 m | 4.8 mi |
| Crandall Hill | ENE 59° | 137 m | 5.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:39 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 64.1 | 66.1 | 92.1 | 79.5 | 56.0 | 29.4 | 14.6 | 11.3 | 16.6 | 22.3 | 41.5 | 63.0 |
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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/7387712484
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