Tunxis Falls
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Tunxis Falls is a waterfall in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 184 m. Bald Mountain stands 539 m to the west-northwest, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Riverton Road Preserve, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 18 miles off.
How to reach it
- 18.1 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 20.3 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- American Mural Project: 3.1 mi
- Colebrook Historical Society: 3.1 mi
- American Museum of Tort Law: 3.4 mi
- Peoples State Forest Nature Museum: 3.7 mi
- Old School House Museum: 4.8 mi
- Riverton Road Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Charlie Arnold Property: 1.3 mi
- Mount McNiff Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Riverton Post 159 American Legion: 1.7 mi
- Mountainside Open Space: 2.1 mi
- Town Park: 3.2 mi
- Soldiers Memorial Monument: 3.3 mi
- Walker Field: 3.3 mi
- Rowley Fields: 3.4 mi
- Highland Lake Boat Launch: 3.7 mi
- Eno Hill: 1.9 mi
- Panorama Hill: 2.5 mi
- Spencer Hill: 2.5 mi
- Wallens Hill: 3.0 mi
- Center Hill: 3.2 mi
- Hermit memorial: 6.5 mi
- Jones Memorial: 7.4 mi
- World War I Memorial: 8.4 mi
- John Brown Birthplace: 10.9 mi
- Zygmunt Sacharko stone: 12.8 mi
- Lighthouse cemetery: 2.5 mi
- Army Corps of Engineers benchmark: 3.0 mi
- Charcoal mound exhibit: 3.7 mi
- 4 towns meet: 5.5 mi
- Indian Council Caves: 6.0 mi
- Bike Sculpture: 14.4 mi
- Angel of Independence: 17.0 mi
- The Globe: 17.2 mi
- Tumble Brook Sculpture: 18.3 mi
- Heroes of Westfield: 18.5 mi
- Beulah Falls: 3.2 mi
- Colebrook Falls: 3.3 mi
- Marguerite Falls: 5.7 mi
- Falls Brook Falls: 5.8 mi
- Balance Rock Cascades: 6.7 mi
- Southwick Community Garden: 12.8 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 16.5 mi
- Cathy's Garden & Gazebo: 17.1 mi
- Dorothy Perkins Garden: 17.1 mi
- Evelyn B. Rose Garden: 17.2 mi
- Winsted Cliffs: 4.0 mi
- The Beech: 7.3 mi
- Space Invaders: 7.3 mi
- Cloud Buttress: 7.3 mi
- Acorn Face: 7.3 mi
- Holland Beach: 3.7 mi
- County Beach: 15.0 mi
- Babbs Beach: 15.6 mi
- Sandy Beach: 19.9 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 21.4 mi
- Big Spring: 2.3 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 3.7 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 3.9 mi
- Hermit spring: 6.5 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 22.3 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 22.8 mi
- Picnic Grove: 23.0 mi
- Questing: 15.2 mi
- Dudley Town: 19.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Tunxis Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Mountain | WNW 296° | 539 m | 9.8 mi |
| East Bald Mountain | WNW 299° | 519 m | 9.1 mi |
| Seymour Mountain | NNW 334° | 517 m | 7.0 mi |
| Dodds Mountain | NNW 332° | 516 m | 8.0 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | WNW 288° | 510 m | 8.9 mi |
| Dutton Mountain | W 276° | 506 m | 7.8 mi |
| Brown Mountain | WNW 302° | 499 m | 8.4 mi |
| Barry Hill | NW 313° | 497 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:49 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 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 | 26 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barkhamsted, 5 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Jul.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 199 | 196 | 300 | 344 | 198 | 131 | 74.7 | 80.0 | 84.4 | 130 | 167 | 204 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Still River AT Robertsville, CT, under a mile away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/8274896305
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