Wintergreen Falls
Wintergreen Falls is a waterfall in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 44 m. Mount Sanford stands 263 m to the north, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is West Rock Nature Center, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 9.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 7 m
How to reach it
- 9.5 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- West Rock Nature Center: 0.2 mi
- Pond Lily Nature Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Shepherd Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Greeley-Bishop Pond: 1.7 mi
- Sarah McKiernan Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Hilltop Playground: 0.7 mi
- South Genesee Park: 0.9 mi
- Moore Field: 1.0 mi
- West River Open Space: 1.1 mi
- Bowling Green: 1.1 mi
- One Hundred Second Infantry Regiment Museum: 2.4 mi
- Eli Whitney Museum: 3.0 mi
- New Haven Colonial Historical Society Building: 3.2 mi
- Yale Collection of Musical Instruments: 3.2 mi
- The Hill Museum of Arts: 3.5 mi
- Sea Bluff Beach: 6.6 mi
- Prospect Beach: 6.8 mi
- Rocky Beach: 7.6 mi
- Oyster River Beach: 7.7 mi
- Shell Beach: 7.8 mi
- Old Mill Foundation: 1.1 mi
- Holocaust Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Bishop Robert J Gay Sr Corner: 2.3 mi
- Spanish-American War Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Joe Grate Corner: 2.3 mi
- Mill Rock: 2.5 mi
- Baldwin Hill: 2.8 mi
- Prospect Hill: 2.9 mi
- Cherry Hill: 3.0 mi
- Carrington Hill: 3.2 mi
- New Haven Botanical Garden of Healing: 1.2 mi
- Newhallville Street Garden: 2.1 mi
- Hazel St Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- Winnett Food Forest: 2.3 mi
- Conifer Garden: 2.7 mi
- Sperry Falls: 2.7 mi
- Wepawaug Falls: 3.1 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 4.5 mi
- Hopp Brook Falls: 6.4 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 7.5 mi
- End of the Line/West Rock: 1.3 mi
- Turtle Statue: 2.1 mi
- Beacon of Hope: 2.3 mi
- Henry Gould Lewis: 3.3 mi
- An American Dream: 3.5 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 5.4 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 5.9 mi
- Nelli Green's Bridge: 8.5 mi
- Millstone: 12.8 mi
- Bear Cave: 13.0 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 6.6 mi
- Bluff Head: 14.7 mi
- Chimney Corner: 14.8 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 15.0 mi
- Bethel Rock: 18.1 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 10.3 mi
- Pond View: 14.1 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 14.2 mi
- Picnic Grove: 14.6 mi
- Oak Grove: 14.6 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 6.2 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 6.3 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 12.5 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 16.0 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 18.4 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 15.2 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 15.2 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 16.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 3.3 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 16.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Wintergreen Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sanford | N 7° | 263 m | 8.0 mi |
| Hopkins Hill | NNW 347° | 259 m | 10.0 mi |
| Prospect Mountain | N 359° | 253 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mulberry Hill | NNW 343° | 238 m | 9.9 mi |
| Moose Hill | WNW 296° | 231 m | 8.8 mi |
| Beacon Cap | NNW 347° | 221 m | 8.3 mi |
| High Rock | NNE 16° | 216 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mount Carmel | NE 34° | 206 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:48 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:42 | 16:26 |
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 | 29 | 31 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Carmel, 5 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 60.2 | 59.7 | 86.7 | 89.3 | 59.2 | 47.9 | 20.8 | 19.7 | 18.6 | 27.5 | 37.3 | 60.1 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Mill River Near Hamden, CT, 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/7307380688
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- Essex · 30 mi
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