Upper Nancy Cascades
Upper Nancy Cascades is a waterfall in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 836 m. Mount Bond stands 1,432 m to the west-northwest, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Middle Nancy Cascades, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. White Mountain Trail passes 1.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 5 m
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the White Mountain Trail, National
- 1.6 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
- 6.9 mi off the Kancamagus Scenic Byway, National
- 15.9 mi off the River Heritage Tour
Overlooks nearby
- Frankenstein Cliff · 3 mi
- Webster cliffs · 5 mi
- Willey Brook Bridge Overlook · 6 mi
- Bugle Cliff · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Nancy Brook Research Natural Area: 0.2 mi
- Sawyer Pond Scenic Area: 4.6 mi
- Bartlett Experimental Forest: 6.6 mi
- Thorne Pond Conservation Area: 7.2 mi
- Gibbs Brook Scenic Area: 7.6 mi
- Duck Pond Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Mount Bemis: 0.9 mi
- Mount Nancy: 1.0 mi
- Mount Saunders: 1.2 mi
- Mount Anderson: 1.5 mi
- Frankenstein Cliff: 3.0 mi
- Owl's Cliff: 5.1 mi
- Greens Cliff: 5.6 mi
- Bugle Cliff: 6.7 mi
- Elephant Head: 6.9 mi
- Bartlett Village Gazebo Park: 5.8 mi
- Morrell Family Community Complex: 6.4 mi
- Prospect Farm: 11.5 mi
- Cathedral Ledge State Park: 11.7 mi
- Echo Lake State Park: 12.3 mi
- Middle Nancy Cascades: 0.1 mi
- Lower Nancy Cascades: 0.1 mi
- Arethusa Falls: 2.2 mi
- Bemis Falls: 2.3 mi
- Coliseum Falls: 2.3 mi
- Nor'Easter Mountain Coaster: 8.2 mi
- Lower Pool: 8.4 mi
- Attitash Alpine Slide: 8.5 mi
- Eggs-traordinary Farm Tractors: 10.4 mi
- Roar-o-Saurus: 10.4 mi
- Museum of White Mountain Art / Jackson Historical Society: 10.5 mi
- Curious George Cottage: 13.0 mi
- MWOBs Admin Office: 13.5 mi
- Conway Railroad Museum: 13.6 mi
- New England Ski Museum: 13.7 mi
- Sawyer Rock Picnic Ground: 4.0 mi
- Sabbaday Falls Picnic Area: 8.1 mi
- Eisenhower Memorial Area: 8.8 mi
- Glen Ellis Scenic Area: 11.3 mi
- Zealand Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Willey House: 4.7 mi
- Memorial Boulders: 11.4 mi
- Jim Liberty Cabin: 12.7 mi
- First Church of Christ Congregational Park: 13.9 mi
- Jimmy Mersereau: 14.9 mi
- Echo Lake Beach: 15.8 mi
- Geneva Beach: 17.4 mi
- Boulder Beach: 17.6 mi
- Porridge Shore Beach: 17.7 mi
- Eidelweiss Beach: 17.8 mi
- lower falls: 9.9 mi
- Liberty Spring: 12.8 mi
- Gulfside Spring: 14.0 mi
- Spaulding Spring: 14.1 mi
- Peabody Spring: 14.7 mi
- Hannes Schneider: 14.4 mi
- Tree Harp: 23.2 mi
- Pollyanna Statue: 23.3 mi
- Sunflowers: 23.3 mi
- The Basin, East: 14.6 mi
- The Basin, West: 14.6 mi
- Boise Rock: 14.6 mi
- Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 12.9 mi
- Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 24.7 mi
- Livermore: 2.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Upper Nancy Cascades. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Bond | WNW 290° | 1,432 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount Carrigain | WSW 243° | 1,422 m | 3.3 mi |
| Mount Guyot | WNW 297° | 1,396 m | 8.1 mi |
| West Bond | WNW 290° | 1,358 m | 8.2 mi |
| Mount Hancock | WSW 247° | 1,343 m | 5.7 mi |
| South Hancock | WSW 240° | 1,316 m | 5.7 mi |
| Mount Pierce | N 8° | 1,308 m | 7.8 mi |
| Middle Hancock | WSW 241° | 1,304 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:20 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:03 | 19:49 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:23 | 16:11 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 6 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 36 | 46 | 50 | 49 | 43 | 31 | 21 | 12 |
| Precip in | 5.7 | 5.4 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 10.0 | 8.1 | 7.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Washington, 12 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–May, Dec — fullest in Apr, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 209 | 134 | 274 | 699 | 589 | 223 | 176 | 129 | 104 | 260 | 241 | 347 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Saco River AT River Street, AT Bartlett, NH, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/7949109680
Day trips start here
- Center Harbor · 28 mi
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