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Aunt Sallys Falls

Aunt Sallys Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Aunt Sallys Falls is a waterfall in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 894 m. Bald Knob stands 1,453 m to the north-northeast, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Pisgah Falls, a waterfall 0.4 miles away. Waterfall Byway passes 4.7 miles off.

What the record says

Height
10 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.19023, -82.96226

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
  • Big Pisgah Falls: 0.4 mi
  • Upper Mill Shoals: 0.6 mi
  • Diamond Falls: 0.6 mi
  • Laurel Blossom Falls: 0.6 mi
  • Lower Rhapsodie Falls: 0.7 mi
Parks
  • Wolf Creek Lake Access Area: 3.1 mi
  • Canada Community Park: 6.2 mi
  • Roy Taylor Forest: 8.1 mi
  • Cedar Cliff Lake Access: 8.2 mi
  • Champion Park: 8.3 mi
Historic sites: 22
  • North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 8.4 mi
  • Camp John Rock: 11.6 mi
  • Catamount Statue: 15.1 mi
  • Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 16.9 mi
  • Buck Springs Lodge foundation: 19.6 mi
Cliffs: 20
Museums: 11
Attractions: 9
Nature reserves: 8
Artworks: 7
  • Ear: 14.7 mi
  • Chalice: 14.8 mi
  • American Eclipse: 14.9 mi
  • Moai Statue: 19.4 mi
  • Sylva Mural: 19.4 mi
Gardens: 6
Picnic sites: 4
Beaches: 3
  • Sandbar Pool Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Sandstone Beach: 15.4 mi
  • North Beach: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
Springs: 2
Covered bridges: 1
  • Mountain Springs Lane: 22.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.2 miles of Aunt Sallys Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald KnobNNE1,453 m4.4 mi
Toxaway MountainSSW1,452 m4.2 mi
Rockyface MountainNNE1,427 m4.0 mi
Cold MountainSW1,414 m2.1 mi
Bruce KnobNNE1,401 m4.7 mi
Little Hogback MountainSW1,392 m4.6 mi
Hogback MountainSW1,386 m4.6 mi
Laurel KnobWSW1,380 m5.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1019:44
June solstice06:1820:1320:50
September equinox07:2118:5719:30
December solstice07:3716:4517:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374046546268717065554640
Precip in8.77.17.87.47.07.89.48.99.46.77.78.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Toxaway 2 SW, 7 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs290314322317264214180183177178205256

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge French Broad River AT Rosman, NC, 8 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/5615907701

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