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Witches Hole Waterfall

Witches Hole Waterfall, seen from above at true elevation

Witches Hole Waterfall is a waterfall in New York, at a modelled elevation of 410 m. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Witch's Hole State Forest, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 1.8 miles off.

About

The story

valley in Ulster County, New York, United States of America

Wikidata Q34732035, matched on coordinates and name (753 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Width
26 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.72397, -74.34479

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • High Point Fire Tower Site: 1.1 mi
  • Bear: 1.4 mi
  • Fly Brook Bridge Abutment: 2.5 mi
  • Berrypicker Shack: 3.5 mi
  • Old Mine Road: 4.8 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Berme Road Park: 2.0 mi
  • Bob Mangels Botanical Gardens: 2.2 mi
  • Mill Street Park: 2.4 mi
  • Liberty Square: 2.5 mi
  • Mildred & Louis Resnick Park: 2.6 mi
Museums: 41
  • Napanoch Station: 1.5 mi
  • Borscht Belt Museum: 2.6 mi
  • Pine Bush UFO Museum: 8.2 mi
  • Fire Department Museum: 11.5 mi
  • Ulster County Fair Agricultural Museum: 11.5 mi
Cliffs: 36
Attractions: 31
  • Overturned 1938 Truck: 0.9 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 7.8 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 10.9 mi
  • Ulster County Fair: 11.6 mi
  • Historic Huguenot District: 13.4 mi
Waterfalls: 28
Gardens: 23
Beaches: 15
Artworks: 11
Springs: 7
  • Box Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 14.2 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 14.3 mi
  • Piped Spring: 15.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 17.1 mi
  • Middletown Rest Area: 20.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Witches Hole Waterfall. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainN 354°1,266 m19.1 mi
Cornell MountainN 358°1,174 m19.2 mi
Table MountainN 349°1,165.86 m16.5 mi
Peekamoose MountainN 350°1,164.03 m16.1 mi
Lone MountainN 352°1,127.76 m17.1 mi
Friday MountainN 357°1,125 m18.2 mi
DinkN 357°1,115.26 m18.9 mi
Balsam CapN 358°1,099.72 m17.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:10
June solstice05:2419:5420:36
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:2215:4616:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262937496069737164534232
Precip in3.83.24.34.04.04.84.74.85.25.23.84.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mohonk Lake, 10 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs1,2911,4022,2961,9031,1817914974855796491,0031,320

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Wallkill River AT Gardiner NY, 10 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/2862113608

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