Skip to content

Wadsworth Little Falls

Wadsworth Little Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Wadsworth Little Falls is a waterfall in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 38 m. West Peak stands 301 m to the west-northwest, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Wadsworth Falls State Park, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 28 miles off.

What the record says

Height
12 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.52786, -72.68899

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
Parks
Gardens: 59
Historic sites
Attractions: 54
  • Middletown-Durham boundary stone: 3.1 mi
  • Come On Over Wall: 3.6 mi
  • Bible Rock: 5.6 mi
  • Washington Trail monument: 5.7 mi
  • George Washington rock: 5.9 mi
Artworks: 53
Waterfalls: 40
  • Wadsworth Falls: 0.4 mi
  • Westfield Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Seven Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Spruce Glen Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Intermittent Waterfall: 6.0 mi
Beaches: 40
Cliffs: 20
Rest areas: 4
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 3.3 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 6.6 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 11.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 21.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 19.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Wadsworth Little Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
West PeakWNW301 m8.3 mi
East PeakWNW277 m7.9 mi
Higby MountainWNW272 m3.1 mi
TrimountainSSW232 m5.3 mi
Fowler MountainSSW230 m6.5 mi
Great HillENE222 m7.8 mi
South MountainWNW220 m7.2 mi
Beseck MountainWSW219 m3.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1819:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737265534233
Precip in3.12.94.04.13.54.13.43.54.34.53.44.1

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs79.385.311410359.448.121.118.823.443.159.692.1

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Coginchaug River AT Middlefield, CT, 1 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6198208681

More waterfalls in Connecticut

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Wadsworth Little Falls.

Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens