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Uncas Falls

Uncas Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Uncas Falls is a waterfall in New York, at a modelled elevation of 223 m. Black Mountain stands 805 m to the south, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Uncas Cliff, a cliff 0.3 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 4.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
2 m
Width
2 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.68375, -73.51800

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Hague Town Beach Park: 4.3 mi
  • Peggy's Point: 4.3 mi
  • Hazel Island: 7.5 mi
  • Sarah Island: 7.5 mi
  • Rogers Rock Campground Entrance: 7.7 mi
Historic sites: 31
  • Lafayette's Tour: 10.6 mi
  • Bolton Veterans' Memorial: 11.1 mi
  • Bolton Time Capsule: 11.1 mi
  • Liberty Monument: 12.1 mi
  • Samuel De Champlain Memorial: 12.5 mi
Cliffs: 28
Nature reserves: 27
Museums: 20
Attractions: 20
  • Star Trek Original Series Set Tours: 12.3 mi
  • Natural Stone Bridge & Caves: 17.3 mi
  • Leonelli's Playland Arcade: 20.4 mi
  • Lake George Steamboat Company: 20.5 mi
  • Doctor Morbid's Haunted House: 20.6 mi
Picnic sites: 14
Beaches: 7
  • Hague Town Beach: 4.3 mi
  • Black Point Public Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Park beach: 16.0 mi
  • Lake Hadlock Beach: 18.9 mi
  • Morey Stein Beach: 18.9 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Shelving Rock Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Falls of Carrilon: 12.4 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Schroon Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Dunkley Falls: 19.3 mi
Gardens: 6
  • Community Garden: 12.2 mi
  • Colonial Revival King's Garden: 12.8 mi
  • Colonial Revival King's Garden: 12.8 mi
  • Schroon Community Garden: 16.1 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 18.8 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Mandala II: 17.7 mi
  • Chiseled Slate monoliths: 18.3 mi
  • Queen Connie: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Vermont Welcome Center: 13.2 mi
  • High Peaks Welcome Center: 24.6 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Uncas Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainS 187°805 m5.4 mi
Erebus MountainSSW 193°765 m7.6 mi
Sleeping BeautyS 190°715 m8.8 mi
Catamount MountainW 278°702 m2.1 mi
Fivemile MountainSW 224°688 m4.3 mi
Huckleberry MountainSW 225°680 m3.9 mi
Barton MountainNNW 330°670 m6.8 mi
Stevens MountainNW 315°659 m8.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:1319:5620:40
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:2515:3316:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212333475968727163513928
Precip in3.02.63.03.33.34.44.44.53.64.13.03.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitehall, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9020308450

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