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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. East Peak stands 277 m to the west-northwest, 7.9 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
Waterfalls
  • 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
Peaks
Museums
Parks
Historic sites
Gardens
Attractions: 57
  • 1954: 3.0 mi
  • 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
Artworks: 53
Beaches: 41
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 8.0 miles of Wadsworth Little Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East PeakWNW 285°277 m7.9 mi
Higby MountainWNW 301°272 m3.1 mi
TrimountainSSW 207°232 m5.3 mi
Fowler MountainSSW 205°230 m6.5 mi
Great HillENE 62°222 m7.8 mi
South MountainWNW 286°220 m7.2 mi
Beseck MountainWSW 251°219 m3.1 mi
Pistapaug MountainSSW 201°210 m7.1 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

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