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Silver Fox Falls

Silver Fox Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Silver Fox Falls is a waterfall in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 648 m. Mount Greylock stands 1,063 m to the north, 2.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Cole Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Mount Greylock Scenic Byway passes 1.5 miles off.

What the record says

Height
3 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.60338, -73.17068

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Quality Street Field: 2.0 mi
  • Russell Field: 2.5 mi
  • Liberty Street Field: 2.8 mi
  • Town Common: 2.8 mi
  • Valley Street Field: 3.2 mi
Peaks
  • Cole Mountain: 0.8 mi
  • Jones Nose: 1.3 mi
  • Saddle Ball Mountain: 1.4 mi
  • Rounds Rock: 1.7 mi
  • The Pinnacle: 1.9 mi
Historic sites: 49
Museums: 36
Artworks: 29
Attractions: 16
Waterfalls: 14
  • Peck's Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Lower Peck's Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Deer Hill Falls: 2.2 mi
  • March Cataract Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Cascade on South Brook: 3.5 mi
Cliffs: 6
Beaches: 6
  • Campers Beach: 7.0 mi
  • Adams Point Beach: 18.1 mi
  • Ashfield Town Beach: 19.6 mi
  • Waterfront: 19.7 mi
  • Iroquis Waterfront: 21.8 mi
Gardens: 5
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 16.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Silver Fox Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount GreylockN1,063 m2.4 mi
Saddle Ball MountainNW985 m1.4 mi
Mount FitchN945 m3.7 mi
Mount WilliamsN901 m4.5 mi
Berlin MountainNW853 m8.5 mi
Mount ProspectN816 m4.1 mi
Beoadic MountainWSW792 m5.5 mi
East MountainW791 m5.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1619:5220:35
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:2015:3716:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534455665696861493930
Precip in2.52.03.13.13.74.44.14.54.24.33.23.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Adams Harriman AP, 7 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs91.784.814920611473.753.546.149.860.681.595.7

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Hoosic River AT Adams, MA, 2 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/9397915081

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