Big Lost Falls
Big Lost Falls is a waterfall in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 338 m. Big Frog Mountain stands 1,276 m to the south-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Lost Creek Recreation Area, a park 1.6 miles away. Ocoee Scenic Byway passes 4.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 50 m
How to reach it
- 4.5 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
- 18.0 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 20.6 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
- 24.0 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook · 9 mi
- Gazebo Overlook · 9 mi
- Sugerloaf Viewpoint · 10 mi
- Parksville Lake Viewpoint · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lost Creek Recreation Area: 1.6 mi
- Powerhouse Recreation Area: 2.9 mi
- Hiwassee State Scenic River: 3.3 mi
- Towee Recreation Area: 3.8 mi
- Thunder Rock Recreation Area: 4.9 mi
- White Oak Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Brock Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Chestnut Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Big Rock Island: 3.7 mi
- Sassafras Knob: 3.8 mi
- Fort Marr Blockhouse: 8.5 mi
- CSA Soldiers Memorial: 9.2 mi
- Nancy Ward Tomb: 12.8 mi
- Company A: 13.2 mi
- World War I Memorial: 13.2 mi
- Prayer Mountain: 11.6 mi
- Arise and Shine Marker: 11.6 mi
- Garden Tomb: 11.6 mi
- Georgia-Tennessee Border: 11.6 mi
- Fields of the Wood: 11.6 mi
- Coker Creek Falls (4) 45: 6.1 mi
- Lowry Falls: 7.2 mi
- Rock Creek Falls: 7.8 mi
- Benton Falls: 8.0 mi
- North Shoal Creek Falls: 12.7 mi
- White Cliff: 13.3 mi
- Henegar Bluff: 17.6 mi
- Panther Bluff: 18.4 mi
- Crowder Bluff: 20.5 mi
- White Cliffs: 22.6 mi
- L&N Depot Museum: 13.2 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 17.9 mi
- Swift Museum: 18.6 mi
- McMinn County Living Heritage Museum: 22.2 mi
- Museum Center at 5ive Points: 23.7 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 3.7 mi
- Big Bend Recreation Area: 4.2 mi
- Cherokee Lake Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
- Lake Conasauga Picnic and Swim Site: 22.4 mi
- Parksville Beach: 10.3 mi
- Shady Beach: 11.8 mi
- Shady Beach: 11.8 mi
- Poop Island: 22.8 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 23.7 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 23.9 mi
- Potatopatch Spring: 22.2 mi
- Cohutta Wildlife Management Area: 23.4 mi
- BSUMC Giving Garden: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Big Lost Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Frog Mountain | SSW 203° | 1,276 m | 10.6 mi |
| Chimneytop | SSW 204° | 1,137 m | 9.5 mi |
| Little Frog Mountain | SSE 149° | 1,017 m | 3.8 mi |
| Sassafras Knob | SSE 149° | 1,016 m | 3.8 mi |
| Smith Mountain | ESE 119° | 946 m | 3.9 mi |
| Bean Mountain;Oswald Dome | WNW 301° | 921 m | 6.8 mi |
| Licklog Top | SSW 194° | 901 m | 9.0 mi |
| Panther Knob | SSE 165° | 895 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:16 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:25 | 20:19 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:03 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:51 | 17:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tellico Plains, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12758804480
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