Sperry Falls
Sperry Falls is a waterfall in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 84 m. Andrews Hill stands 275 m to the northwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Sperry Park, a nature reserve less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 11 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 3 m
How to reach it
- 10.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sperry Park: 0.0 mi
- Shepherd Farm Ridge Park: 0.9 mi
- Sarah McKiernan Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Newton Road Park: 1.7 mi
- Shepherd Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Pole Hill Park: 3.0 mi
- Bethany Library Park: 3.1 mi
- Hilltop Playground: 3.4 mi
- South Genesee Park: 3.4 mi
- Chatfield Park: 3.6 mi
- Sea Bluff Beach: 9.2 mi
- Prospect Beach: 9.4 mi
- Zoar Beach: 9.8 mi
- Oyster River Beach: 10.2 mi
- Rocky Beach: 10.2 mi
- Carrington Hill: 0.7 mi
- Round Hill: 0.9 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.4 mi
- Peck Hill: 2.3 mi
- Meeting House Hill: 3.0 mi
- Old Mill Foundation: 2.8 mi
- Hamden Veterans' Memorial: 3.9 mi
- Honor Hill Monument: 4.2 mi
- Holocaust Memorial: 4.5 mi
- Bishop Robert J Gay Sr Corner: 4.9 mi
- Bethany Community Garden: 3.0 mi
- New Haven Botanical Garden of Healing: 3.9 mi
- Winnett Food Forest: 4.3 mi
- Newhallville Street Garden: 4.6 mi
- Hazel St Community Garden: 4.7 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 3.1 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 8.2 mi
- Millstone: 10.6 mi
- Nelli Green's Bridge: 11.1 mi
- Washington Trail monument: 13.9 mi
- Wepawaug Falls: 2.3 mi
- Wintergreen Falls: 2.7 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 3.6 mi
- Hopp Brook Falls: 3.7 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 6.4 mi
- End of the Line/West Rock: 4.0 mi
- Turtle Statue: 4.7 mi
- Beacon of Hope: 4.9 mi
- Henry Gould Lewis: 5.5 mi
- An American Dream: 6.2 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 9.3 mi
- Bluff Head: 15.2 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 15.6 mi
- Bethel Rock: 15.6 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 16.8 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 12.4 mi
- Pond View: 13.7 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 13.8 mi
- Oak Grove: 14.1 mi
- Cedar Grove: 14.4 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 7.8 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 7.8 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 12.0 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 13.8 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 17.3 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 17.0 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 17.0 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 17.9 mi
- Cold Spring: 5.6 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 18.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Sperry Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrews Hill | NW 323° | 275 m | 8.8 mi |
| Mount Sanford | NNE 20° | 263 m | 5.8 mi |
| Hopkins Hill | N 351° | 259 m | 7.3 mi |
| Prospect Mountain | N 8° | 253 m | 6.3 mi |
| Hunters Mountain | NW 320° | 246 m | 7.7 mi |
| Talmadge Hill | N 5° | 246 m | 8.1 mi |
| Mulberry Hill | NNW 345° | 238 m | 7.2 mi |
| Huntington Hill | NW 326° | 237 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:42 | 16:26 |
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 | 29 | 31 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Carmel, 5 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 60.2 | 59.7 | 86.7 | 89.3 | 59.2 | 47.9 | 20.8 | 19.7 | 18.6 | 27.5 | 37.3 | 60.1 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Mill River Near Hamden, CT, 5 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/7083065859
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