Third Falls
Third Falls is a waterfall in New York, at a modelled elevation of 84 m. Spruce Mountain stands 612 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Hemlock Hollow, a park 0.2 miles away. Mohawk Towpath Byway passes 2.0 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 1 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Mohawk Towpath Byway, National
- 4.1 mi off the Revolutionary Trail
- 11.5 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 13.5 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Lock 7 Dam · 6 mi
- Mohawk River view · 10 mi
- Saratoga Sword Surrender Site Hudson River Overlook · 22 mi
- Eagle Point · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Empire State Aerosciences Museum: 1.3 mi
- Schenectady History Museum: 4.3 mi
- Museum of Innovation and Science (miSci): 4.5 mi
- Charlton Historical Society Museum: 4.6 mi
- Mabee Farm Historic Site: 5.8 mi
- Glenville Hill: 4.6 mi
- Patton Hill: 10.1 mi
- Swart Hill: 10.1 mi
- Dennison Hill: 10.2 mi
- Cornell Hill: 11.2 mi
- Hemlock Hollow: 0.2 mi
- Indian Meadows Park: 1.3 mi
- Andersen Park: 1.5 mi
- Christiana Open Space: 1.7 mi
- Ballston Lake Fire Department Memorial Park: 3.0 mi
- Country Club: 1.7 mi
- Pexford House: 2.0 mi
- Family Cemetery: 2.2 mi
- Rexford Aqueduct: 2.3 mi
- Erie Canal Lock 21: 2.3 mi
- Indian Kill Nature Preserve: 0.3 mi
- Alplaus Kill Natural Area: 1.0 mi
- Alplaus Kill Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Garnsey Park: 2.4 mi
- Saratoga Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 3.2 mi
- Jackson's Garden: 3.9 mi
- Stanley and Geraldine Levine Wildflower Garden: 4.0 mi
- Robison Herb Garden: 4.0 mi
- Mrs. Perkin's Garden: 4.1 mi
- Octopus's Garden: 4.2 mi
- The U: 4.0 mi
- Chester Arthur: 4.0 mi
- William Seward: 4.3 mi
- Harriet Tubman: 4.3 mi
- Boy Scouts of America 40th Anniversary Crusade to Strengthen the Arms of Liberty Statue of Liberty: 4.4 mi
- The Capital Region Entertainment Hall of Fame: 4.5 mi
- Uncle Sam's Grave: 14.8 mi
- Stanford Mausoleum: 14.9 mi
- President Chester Arthur Grave: 14.9 mi
- United Methodist Church bell: 14.9 mi
- Second Falls: 0.2 mi
- First Falls: 0.4 mi
- Jacob's Ladder Falls: 5.8 mi
- Sergeant Falls: 6.5 mi
- Rynex Kill Falls: 7.3 mi
- Karista Spring: 13.3 mi
- Tallulah Spring: 13.4 mi
- non-carbonated water: 13.4 mi
- Polaris: 13.4 mi
- Hayes Spring: 13.4 mi
- Maclachan Ridge: 10.7 mi
- Cohoes Falls: 12.2 mi
- Cave Wall: 15.5 mi
- Lower Misery Wall: 15.5 mi
- Water Streak Wall: 15.6 mi
- Collins Park Beach: 4.0 mi
- Brown's Beach: 11.7 mi
- Brunswick Vanderheyden Reservoir Park Beach: 16.1 mi
- Thompsons Lake State Park Beach: 16.6 mi
- Waterfront: 22.8 mi
- Clifton Park Rest Area: 7.1 mi
- Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 20.6 mi
- I-90 Eastbound Parking/Rest Area: 24.6 mi
- I-90 Westbound Parking/Rest Area: 24.8 mi
- Schoharie Crossing Launch: 19.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.4 miles of Third Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Mountain | N 1° | 612 m | 23.6 mi |
| Hedgehog Mountain | N 3° | 601 m | 24.4 mi |
| Unchachogue Creek | SW 214° | 597 m | 24.2 mi |
| Rundy Cup Mountain | SW 228° | 570 m | 23.7 mi |
| Filkins Hill | SSW 204° | 550 m | 20.8 mi |
| Irish Hill | SSW 208° | 502 m | 21.0 mi |
| Bald Bluff | NNW 335° | 500 m | 21.4 mi |
| Wolf Hill | SSW 192° | 495 m | 20.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:55 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:39 | 16:25 |
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 | 24 | 27 | 36 | 48 | 60 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 51 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albany Intl AP, 11 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 7,394 | 6,621 | 9,784 | 12,326 | 6,846 | 5,010 | 3,775 | 2,902 | 2,971 | 4,660 | 5,918 | 8,673 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Mohawk River AT Freeman's Bridge AT Schenectady NY, 3 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/7426393151
Day trips start here
- Clifton Park · 5 mi
- Schenectady · 5 mi
- Capital District · 9 mi
- Ballston Spa · 10 mi
- Cohoes · 13 mi
- Saratoga Springs · 15 mi
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