Fall Branch Scenic Area
Fall Branch Scenic Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 1,129 m. Huckleberry Knob stands 1,696 m to the east-southeast, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Falls Branch Falls, a waterfall 0.2 miles away. Cherohala Skyway runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1129 m
How to reach it
- On the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 9.5 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 14.8 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 18.4 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Stratton Ridge · 3 mi
- Whig Cove · 3 mi
- Haw Knob · 4 mi
- Sunset Overlook · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rattlesnake Rock: 0.5 mi
- Round Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Brush Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Hemlock Knob: 2.1 mi
- Ikes Peak: 2.3 mi
- Falls Branch Falls: 0.2 mi
- Violet Falls: 3.8 mi
- Upper Cold Branch Falls: 4.0 mi
- Sand Creek Falls: 4.2 mi
- Lower Cold Branch Falls: 4.3 mi
- Swan Cabin: 3.6 mi
- Indian Boundary Recreation Area: 4.0 mi
- Cherokee Wildlife Management Area: 4.2 mi
- Santeetlah Overlook: 4.5 mi
- Double Camp Recreation Area: 4.7 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest: 7.7 mi
- Tree of Shame: 11.4 mi
- All Nations Cross: 18.6 mi
- Golgotha Hill: 19.0 mi
- Garden Tomb: 19.1 mi
- Turkeypen Bluff: 13.0 mi
- Bolden Knight Bluff: 13.4 mi
- Crowder Bluff: 15.6 mi
- Morton Bluff: 17.2 mi
- Morton Bluff: 17.2 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial: 7.5 mi
- Tellico Plains Veterans Memorial: 12.8 mi
- Tanasi Monument: 14.0 mi
- Chota Monument: 14.4 mi
- Junaluska Memorial: 14.8 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 13.0 mi
- Junaluska Museum: 14.8 mi
- Graham County Historical Association: 14.8 mi
- Sequoyah Birthplace Museum: 17.7 mi
- Cherokee County Historical Museum: 18.5 mi
- Cherokee Lake Picnic Area: 20.6 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 24.0 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 24.2 mi
- Eagle Dancer: 22.7 mi
- Rivercane Clan Pole: 22.7 mi
- Rivercane Rendezvous: 22.7 mi
- Calderwood: 11.0 mi
- Proctor: 20.9 mi
- Cheeyo Park: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Fall Branch Scenic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huckleberry Knob | ESE 117° | 1,696 m | 4.7 mi |
| Haw Knob | SE 143° | 1,662 m | 3.8 mi |
| Hooper Bald | SE 128° | 1,650 m | 5.3 mi |
| Big Junction | SE 144° | 1,638 m | 4.4 mi |
| Little Huckleberry Knob | ESE 111° | 1,636 m | 4.5 mi |
| Laurel Top | SSE 147° | 1,615 m | 4.6 mi |
| Little Haw Knob | SSE 146° | 1,562 m | 3.2 mi |
| Grassy Top | SSE 158° | 1,514 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:15 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:17 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:01 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:49 | 17:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 42 | 49 | 57 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 68 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tapoco, 10 mi away.
- Scarlet Beebalm14 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee9 obs
- shining firmoss7 obs
- intermediate wood fern7 obs
- Megalodacne heros7 obs
- striped maple6 obs
- American tuliptree6 obs
- Canada Violet6 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356894979
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