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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

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
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
Historic sites: 51
Museums: 36
Artworks: 31
Attractions: 17
Waterfalls: 15
  • 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: 6
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 16.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Silver Fox Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount GreylockN 6°1,063 m2.4 mi
Saddle Ball MountainNW 315°985 m1.4 mi
Mount FitchN 8°945 m3.7 mi
Mount WilliamsN 8°901 m4.5 mi
Berlin MountainNW 316°853 m8.5 mi
Mount ProspectN 351°816 m4.1 mi
Misery MountainW 278°793 m7.5 mi
Beoadic MountainWSW 254°792 m5.5 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 5080 °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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