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The Falls

The Falls, seen from above at true elevation

The Falls is a waterfall in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 108 m. Barrett Hill stands 382 m to the west, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Quinton Land, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. The Apple Way of Londonderry passes 12 miles off.

What the record says

Height
1.5 m
Width
2 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.74451, -71.62304

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Brookline Ball Park: 2.1 mi
  • Nissitissit River Park: 2.4 mi
  • Andres Institute of Art Sculpture Park: 2.5 mi
  • Max Cohen Memorial Grove (Town Beach): 2.5 mi
  • Comisky Field: 5.6 mi
Artworks
  • Commitment: 2.3 mi
  • City Lights: 2.4 mi
  • Release: 2.4 mi
  • First Friendship: 2.4 mi
  • Disintegrating Moon (Trash on the Moon): 2.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Wallingford House: 2.8 mi
  • Bayley House: 3.0 mi
  • Police Memorial: 6.4 mi
  • Korean War Memorial: 6.5 mi
  • Armed Services Memorial: 6.6 mi
Attractions
  • Yudicky Farm - Conservation Area: 6.0 mi
  • Labyrinth: 8.2 mi
  • SkyVenture: 9.5 mi
  • Barrett House: 11.7 mi
  • Hudson Speedway: 11.8 mi
Museums: 54
  • Always Ready Engine House: 1.7 mi
  • Old Pine Hill School House: 4.4 mi
  • Milford Historical Society: 6.4 mi
  • The Cabinet Press Printing Museum: 6.5 mi
  • Nashua Historical Society: 8.0 mi
Gardens: 40
Beaches: 31
  • Silver Lake Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 7.8 mi
  • Baboosic Lake Town Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Dog Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Lunenburg Town Beach: 13.1 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Trap Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Wildcat Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Middle Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Upper Falls: 10.8 mi
Picnic sites: 8
Cliffs: 7
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 15.7 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 16.1 mi
  • River Road Spring: 16.8 mi
Rest areas: 3

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of The Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Barrett HillW 273°382 m9.6 mi
Merriam HillW 272°313 m8.6 mi
Abbot HillWNW 302°280 m7.1 mi
Juniper HillWSW 251°278 m8.6 mi
Mitchell HillWNW 300°266 m6.7 mi
Pole HillW 275°259 m5.7 mi
Whiting HillNW 323°249 m9.6 mi
Birch HillNNW 337°247 m2.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:0919:4620:29
September equinox06:3418:0818:46
December solstice07:1415:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465766727062503929
Precip in3.83.33.74.03.54.33.53.94.24.83.64.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Milford, 6 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs6466801,1351,261746520311246269372514652

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Nashua River AT East Pepperell, MA, 6 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/7881439489

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