Wolcott Falls
Wolcott Falls is a waterfall in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 58 m. Mount Sanford stands 263 m to the north-northwest, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Timberwood Trail, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 14 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 7 m
How to reach it
- 13.9 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Timberwood Trail: 0.1 mi
- Rocky Top: 0.4 mi
- The Brethren: 0.6 mi
- Farm Brook Flood Control Site 1: 1.2 mi
- Town Open Space (Exeter Road): 1.6 mi
- Town Center Park: 1.6 mi
- Freedom Park: 1.7 mi
- Town Open Space (Skiff Street): 2.1 mi
- G.Carl Veith Memorial Park: 3.2 mi
- North Haven Town Green: 3.4 mi
- Jonathan Dickerman House: 1.6 mi
- Farming Museum: 3.9 mi
- Eli Whitney Museum: 4.7 mi
- One Hundred Second Infantry Regiment Museum: 5.9 mi
- New Haven Colonial Historical Society Building: 6.1 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 9.3 mi
- Sea Bluff Beach: 10.7 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 10.8 mi
- Prospect Beach: 10.9 mi
- Shell Beach: 10.9 mi
- York Hill: 1.0 mi
- High Rock: 1.2 mi
- Cherry Hill: 1.7 mi
- Mount Carmel: 2.5 mi
- Carrington Hill: 3.0 mi
- Honor Hill Monument: 0.7 mi
- Hamden Veterans' Memorial: 1.6 mi
- South Quad: 1.7 mi
- Edgar Laing Heermance: 1.8 mi
- Eli Whitney Plaque: 4.6 mi
- Winnett Food Forest: 4.1 mi
- Pardee Rose Garden: 4.8 mi
- Bethany Community Garden: 4.9 mi
- Newhallville Street Garden: 5.1 mi
- Hazel St Community Garden: 5.1 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 6.2 mi
- Washington Trail monument: 10.2 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 10.4 mi
- Nelli Green's Bridge: 10.6 mi
- Bear Cave: 10.7 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 3.0 mi
- Sperry Falls: 3.6 mi
- Wintergreen Falls: 4.5 mi
- Hopp Brook Falls: 5.1 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls: 5.6 mi
- Henry Gould Lewis: 5.1 mi
- Turtle Statue: 5.2 mi
- End of the Line/West Rock: 5.2 mi
- Beacon of Hope: 5.6 mi
- An American Dream: 7.0 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 9.5 mi
- Bluff Head: 11.7 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 12.1 mi
- Chimney Corner: 15.3 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 16.6 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 14.8 mi
- Picnic Grove: 17.1 mi
- Pond View: 17.3 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 17.4 mi
- Oak Grove: 17.8 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 8.4 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 10.7 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 10.7 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 11.8 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 14.0 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 19.7 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 19.7 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 21.0 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 21.0 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 24.4 mi
- Cold Spring: 5.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Wolcott Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sanford | NNW 342° | 263 m | 4.3 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NNW 334° | 263 m | 9.2 mi |
| Hopkins Hill | NW 322° | 259 m | 7.4 mi |
| Prospect Mountain | NNW 333° | 253 m | 5.4 mi |
| Talmadge Hill | NNW 338° | 246 m | 7.2 mi |
| Hunters Mountain | WNW 298° | 246 m | 9.4 mi |
| Mulberry Hill | NW 317° | 238 m | 7.6 mi |
| Huntington Hill | WNW 303° | 237 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:48 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:41 | 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, 1 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, 2 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/7385725225
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