Tuscarora Falls
Tuscarora Falls is a waterfall in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 515 m. Huckleberry Mountain stands 762 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Erie Falls, a waterfall less than a tenth of a mile away. Gateway to the Endless Mountains passes 22 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 12.5 m
How to reach it
- 22.4 mi off the Gateway to the Endless Mountains
- 25.5 mi off the Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Grand View: 1.8 mi
- Red Rock Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Jackson Hill: 3.3 mi
- Chimneystack Rock: 3.4 mi
- Bethel Hill: 3.5 mi
- Benton Park: 10.2 mi
- Moon Lake State Forest Natural Area: 12.5 mi
- Moon Lake State Forest Recreation Area: 12.8 mi
- Cosgrove Memorial Park: 13.1 mi
- Sullivan County Public Park: 13.2 mi
- Erie Falls: 0.0 mi
- Conestoga Falls: 0.1 mi
- Wyandot Falls: 0.2 mi
- Mohican Falls: 0.2 mi
- B. Reynolds Falls: 0.2 mi
- Hyperview: 21.1 mi
- Truth and Virtue: 23.3 mi
- Standing Tall: 23.3 mi
- Stone Benches: 23.3 mi
- Marble Bench: 23.3 mi
- Lake Leigh Dam: 1.1 mi
- Ice House: 3.1 mi
- tannery: 4.1 mi
- saw mill: 4.2 mi
- Creveling Lakes: 4.6 mi
- Ricketts Glen State Park: 3.3 mi
- PFBC Harris Pond: 7.9 mi
- Elklick Run Wilderness Area: 12.2 mi
- Conklin Run Wilderness Area: 12.5 mi
- State Game Lands Number 55: 14.5 mi
- Sullivan County Historical Society Museum: 13.2 mi
- Baldwin House: 13.2 mi
- Endless Mountains War Memorial Museum: 14.5 mi
- Eagles Mere Air Museum and Eagles Mere Auto Museum: 14.8 mi
- Eagles Mere: 17.0 mi
- Sullivan County Fairgrounds: 19.9 mi
- The Mary Stegmaier Mansion: 21.0 mi
- The Big Cow: 22.0 mi
- Bloomsburg University Fountain: 23.3 mi
- Bloomsburg Fountain: 23.9 mi
- Roadside Rest: 19.0 mi
- Columbia County Rest Area Westbound: 21.6 mi
- Columbia County Rest Area Eastbound: 21.7 mi
- Luzerne County Rest Area Northbound: 22.5 mi
- Blue Ridge Travel Plaza: 23.2 mi
- Glens Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
- Dry Run Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
- Memorial Class Of 1916: 23.5 mi
- Forksville Covered Bridge: 20.2 mi
- Hillsgrove Covered Bridge: 22.5 mi
- Lake Jean Beach: 1.3 mi
- Ricketts: 4.8 mi
- Baldwin House Garden: 13.2 mi
- Mineral Spring: 17.8 mi
- Picture Rocks: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Tuscarora Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huckleberry Mountain | W 259° | 762 m | 11.6 mi |
| Roundtop | W 276° | 758 m | 11.5 mi |
| Grand View | WSW 240° | 745 m | 1.8 mi |
| Red Rock Mountain | WSW 252° | 721 m | 2.5 mi |
| Tyler Mountain | N 3° | 718 m | 15.7 mi |
| Forkston Mountain | NE 41° | 715 m | 16.8 mi |
| South Mountain | NE 44° | 709 m | 13.5 mi |
| Bartlett Mountain | NNE 19° | 705 m | 13.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:41 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:01 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:55 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 35 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 69 | 68 | 61 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Benton 3 NE, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/1566685411
Day trips start here
- Wilkes-Barre · 21 mi
- Endless Mountains · 24 mi
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