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Trap Falls

Trap Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Trap Falls is a waterfall in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 144 m. Mount Watatic stands 555 m to the west-northwest, 6.1 miles off. General John Stark Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
3 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.67316, -71.77625

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • TAYBS Craven Field: 1.6 mi
  • TAYBS Spaulding Fields: 3.1 mi
  • Upper Common: 3.4 mi
  • Townsend State Forest Parking Area: 3.5 mi
  • Town Common: 3.7 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Fitchburg Creamery: 5.0 mi
  • World War 2 Memorial: 5.7 mi
  • Rollstone Hill Rock Walk: 6.2 mi
  • Fitchburg 911 Memorial: 6.3 mi
  • Steam Turbine Monument: 6.4 mi
Artworks
  • CAVA: 6.4 mi
  • Observatory: 6.4 mi
  • Cell I: 6.4 mi
  • Prima Del Bacio (Before The Kiss): 6.4 mi
  • She Lifted Her Heart and Floated Away: 6.4 mi
Attractions: 50
Museums: 45
Gardens: 39
  • Sundial Community Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Prichard Street Community Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Maple Hill Gardens: 9.3 mi
  • Katie's Garden: 11.6 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 12.6 mi
Beaches: 31
  • Swimming Hole: 6.6 mi
  • The Beach at Arrive: 6.8 mi
  • Lunenburg Town Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Wilder Beach: 7.4 mi
  • Crocker Pond Beach: 9.0 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • Cascades: 8.1 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 8.9 mi
  • The Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Middle Falls: 15.0 mi
Cliffs: 11
Picnic sites: 4
Springs: 4
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 7.0 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 19.7 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 20.4 mi
  • River Road Spring: 22.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 11.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Trap Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WataticWNW 285°555 m6.1 mi
Nutting HillWNW 290°491 m6.6 mi
Little Watatic MountainW 273°478 m7.1 mi
Fisher HillW 275°468 m6.4 mi
Blood HillW 270°461 m4.0 mi
Emerson HillWNW 296°460 m7.0 mi
Mount HungerWSW 257°439 m5.8 mi
Binney HillWNW 300°435 m7.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1019:4620:29
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1515:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242534465766716962493930
Precip in3.53.34.44.23.74.33.74.34.25.33.94.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fitchburg Coop, 4 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs12513222726314785.344.631.936.258.998.2129

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Squannacook River Near West Groton, MA, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4989020446

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