Big Falls
Big Falls is a waterfall in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 600 m. Toxaway Mountain stands 1,452 m to the north, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Standing Stone Falls, a waterfall 0.2 miles away. Whitewater Way passes 1.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 60 m
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Whitewater Way
- 4.5 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 4.7 mi off the Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway
- 9.4 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 2 mi
- Gorges Overlook · 4 mi
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 17 mi
- View Herrin Knob Overlook (MP 424.4) · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Standing Stone Falls: 0.2 mi
- Rich Falls: 0.4 mi
- Hidden Dome Falls: 1.0 mi
- Hilliard Falls: 1.1 mi
- Rudis Falls: 1.3 mi
- Bootleg Access Area: 4.8 mi
- Silver Run Falls: 4.9 mi
- Sloan Bridge Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
- McKinney Meadow: 7.7 mi
- Cashiers Village Green Park: 8.2 mi
- Misery Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Gallbuster Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Whitewater Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Licklog Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Rocky Knobs: 2.5 mi
- Chattooga Cliffs: 8.0 mi
- Sheep Cliff: 9.0 mi
- Wildcat Cliffs: 10.6 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 10.6 mi
- Sunset Rock: 11.6 mi
- Highlands Nature Center: 11.7 mi
- The Real American Tea Museum: 16.8 mi
- World of Energy: 17.8 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 19.0 mi
- Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts: 19.2 mi
- Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 7.8 mi
- General Pickens Monument: 12.1 mi
- Chattooga Town: 14.3 mi
- Oconee Station: 14.6 mi
- North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 18.3 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 13.6 mi
- The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 19.1 mi
- M1: 19.1 mi
- Judaculla Rock: 19.1 mi
- Oconee County Cage: 20.0 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 11.8 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 11.8 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 12.0 mi
- Brushy Face Preserve: 12.6 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 18.5 mi
- Common Gardening: 16.3 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 18.6 mi
- English Garden: 19.2 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 21.9 mi
- Franklin Garden: 24.4 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 6.5 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 8.7 mi
- North Beach: 14.8 mi
- South Beach: 16.2 mi
- Cool Spring: 6.3 mi
- Moody Spring: 9.2 mi
- Indian Spring: 22.3 mi
- South: 16.2 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 22.0 mi
- Ear: 21.1 mi
- Chalice: 21.5 mi
- American Eclipse: 21.5 mi
- Smoky Mountain Visitor Center: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Big Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toxaway Mountain | N 360° | 1,452 m | 6.0 mi |
| Chimneytop Mountain | NW 310° | 1,401 m | 6.1 mi |
| Little Hogback Mountain | NNW 344° | 1,392 m | 6.7 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | NNW 344° | 1,386 m | 6.7 mi |
| Terrapin Mountain | W 274° | 1,357 m | 6.2 mi |
| Sassafras Mountain | NW 310° | 1,335 m | 4.0 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | NW 312° | 1,322 m | 6.7 mi |
| Ravenrock Mountain | N 0° | 1,317 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:57 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:46 | 17:25 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 8.7 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 8.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Toxaway 2 SW, 4 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Feb, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 255 | 265 | 221 | 227 | 208 | 142 | 145 | 138 | 126 | 153 | 152 | 238 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Chattooga River AT Burrells Ford, NR Pine Mtn, GA, 9 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/3370882800
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