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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.

What the record says

Height
2 m
Width
2 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.68375, -73.51800

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

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
Peaks
Historic sites: 29
  • 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
Nature reserves: 26
Cliffs: 25
Museums: 20
Attractions: 19
  • 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
  • Revolution Rail Co. - Thurman Station: 20.7 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: 4
  • Colonial Revival King's Garden: 12.8 mi
  • Schroon Community Garden: 16.1 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 18.8 mi
  • Arboretum: 23.8 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

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Uncas Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainS805 m5.4 mi
Erebus MountainSSW765 m7.6 mi
Sleeping BeautyS715 m8.8 mi
Catamount MountainW702 m2.1 mi
Fivemile MountainSW688 m4.3 mi
Huckleberry MountainSW680 m3.9 mi
Stevens MountainNW659 m8.4 mi
Pine HillNNW637 m7.9 mi

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.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9020308450

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