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Sliding Rock Falls

Sliding Rock Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Sliding Rock Falls is a waterfall in New York, at a modelled elevation of 346 m. Windham High Peak stands 1,077 m to the south-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Cass Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. Route 20 Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
9 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.57519, -74.00124

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Hannacroix Ravine: 1.0 mi
  • Lawson Lake County Park: 3.3 mi
  • Westerlo Veterans Memorial Town Park: 4.9 mi
  • Stephen P. Wallace Park: 5.8 mi
  • Charley Houghtaling Park: 6.0 mi
Historic sites: 54
  • Slingerland House 1762: 4.0 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 5.0 mi
  • foundations of barn: 5.5 mi
  • fallen chimney: 5.8 mi
  • Early Doctor: 6.3 mi
Museums: 49
  • Thacher Park Visitor Center: 5.6 mi
  • Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center: 5.9 mi
  • Berne Museum: 7.6 mi
  • Rensselaerville Historical Society: 8.1 mi
  • Frederick House Historical Site: 9.0 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens: 35
  • Veterans Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Wildlife Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Water Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Pine Hollow Arboretum: 8.5 mi
  • Friendship Garden: 12.3 mi
Waterfalls: 35
  • Minelot Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Dickinson Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Horton Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Rensselaerville Lower Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Rensselaerville Middle Falls: 8.3 mi
Attractions: 29
  • Open Seating: 6.7 mi
  • Pine Hollow Arboretum: 8.5 mi
  • Tulip Festival: 13.0 mi
  • New York State Museum Carousel: 13.2 mi
  • New York State Executive Mansion Tour: 13.2 mi
Artworks: 28
  • bridge pylons mural: 8.3 mi
  • Unity 1970: 12.2 mi
  • Labyrinth: 13.3 mi
  • Triangles and Arches: 13.3 mi
  • Verge: 13.3 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Helderberg Escarpment: 4.8 mi
  • Leaning Tower: 6.0 mi
  • Fern Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Mahican Wall: 6.1 mi
  • Water Streak Wall: 6.2 mi
Beaches: 4
Springs: 3
  • Bathtub Spring: 2.0 mi
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 19.1 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 20.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 11.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 16.7 mi
  • Clifton Park Rest Area: 23.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Sliding Rock Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Windham High PeakSSW1,077 m19.4 mi
Burnt KnobSSW972 m19.8 mi
Richtmyer PeakSW910 m19.2 mi
Mount HaydenSW893 m18.6 mi
Mount PisgahSW887 m18.5 mi
Ginseng MountainSSW855 m18.9 mi
Mount ZoarSSW832 m18.7 mi
Mount NeboSW817 m18.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:1919:5520:38
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2315:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432455665696860493829
Precip in2.62.23.33.63.34.33.94.43.94.62.93.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alcove DAM, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6754804724

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