Wadsworth Falls
Wadsworth Falls is a waterfall in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. West Peak stands 301 m to the west-northwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Wadsworth Little Falls, a waterfall 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 28 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 9 m
How to reach it
- 28.1 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Sugarloaf Hill: 0.4 mi
- Cherry Hill: 1.0 mi
- Jackson Hill: 1.3 mi
- West Long Hill: 1.3 mi
- Coe Hill: 1.4 mi
- Wadsworth Falls State Park: 0.5 mi
- Lucy Strickland Estate: 1.3 mi
- Highlawn Forest: 2.1 mi
- Black Pond State Wildlife Area: 2.4 mi
- Dinosaur Tract Park: 2.4 mi
- Wadsworth Mansion: 1.2 mi
- Middletown Sports Hall of Fame: 2.4 mi
- Greater Middletown Military Museum: 2.6 mi
- Middlesex County Historical Society: 3.3 mi
- Kidcity Children's Museum: 3.3 mi
- Frank S. Marszalek Park: 1.3 mi
- Peckham Field: 1.5 mi
- Dooley Pond Public Access: 1.8 mi
- Beseck Lake Boat Launch: 1.8 mi
- Tynan Memorial Park: 2.2 mi
- Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 2.6 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 3.3 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 6.0 mi
- Wallingford Community Garden: 7.6 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 9.2 mi
- Colonel Clarence S. Wadsworth: 1.9 mi
- Joseph Pagano Jr.: 2.1 mi
- Captain Joseph S. Pagano Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Cpl. Kemaphoom Chanawongse: 2.6 mi
- TSgt. John Chapman: 2.6 mi
- Middletown-Durham boundary stone: 3.3 mi
- Come On Over Wall: 3.9 mi
- Washington Trail monument: 5.5 mi
- Bible Rock: 5.9 mi
- George Washington rock: 6.2 mi
- First Tear: 2.7 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 3.2 mi
- snake: 8.4 mi
- Face in Tree: 10.0 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 10.2 mi
- Wadsworth Little Falls: 0.4 mi
- Westfield Falls: 3.9 mi
- Spruce Glen Falls: 5.4 mi
- Seven Falls: 6.0 mi
- Intermittent Waterfall: 6.3 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 2.1 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 7.4 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 13.6 mi
- Jacobs Public Beach: 17.9 mi
- Circle Beach: 18.1 mi
- Bluff Head: 8.0 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 8.3 mi
- Crow Point: 13.1 mi
- Green Wall: 14.0 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 14.0 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 3.1 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 6.3 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 11.3 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 21.3 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 25.0 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 12.1 mi
- Gay City State Park: 19.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 17.7 mi
- Picnic Grove: 19.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Wadsworth Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Peak | WNW 288° | 301 m | 8.0 mi |
| East Peak | WNW 286° | 277 m | 7.6 mi |
| Higby Mountain | NW 307° | 272 m | 2.9 mi |
| Trimountain | SSW 204° | 232 m | 5.1 mi |
| Fowler Mountain | SSW 202° | 230 m | 6.2 mi |
| Great Hill | ENE 63° | 222 m | 8.2 mi |
| South Mountain | WNW 287° | 220 m | 6.9 mi |
| Beseck Mountain | WSW 251° | 219 m | 2.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:40 | 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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 7 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Apr — fullest in Mar, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 79.3 | 85.3 | 114 | 103 | 59.4 | 48.1 | 21.1 | 18.8 | 23.4 | 43.1 | 59.6 | 92.1 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Coginchaug River AT Middlefield, 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/6198208084
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 19 mi
- Essex · 20 mi
- Old Saybrook · 23 mi
- Old Lyme · 25 mi
- East Lyme · 27 mi
- East Windsor · 28 mi
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