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Buckeye Falls

Buckeye Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Buckeye Falls is a waterfall in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 1,343 m. Richland Balsam stands 1,951 m to the northwest, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Beartrap Knob, a peak 0.8 miles away. Forest Heritage Scenic Byway passes 1.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
20 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.32653, -82.94182

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Sheephead Falls: 0.9 mi
  • Upper Buckeye Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Big Beartrap Falls: 1.4 mi
  • Upper Middle Prong Falls: 1.7 mi
  • Lower Middle Prong Falls: 1.7 mi
Parks
  • Roy Taylor Forest: 4.5 mi
  • Canada Community Park: 6.4 mi
  • Wolf Creek Lake Access Area: 7.8 mi
  • Cradle of Forestry in America: 9.4 mi
  • Cedar Cliff Lake Access: 10.0 mi
Cliffs: 22
Gardens: 18
Historic sites: 17
  • North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 2.6 mi
  • Camp John Rock: 8.9 mi
  • Buck Springs Lodge foundation: 12.4 mi
  • Lyn Lowry Cross: 13.4 mi
  • Catamount Statue: 13.9 mi
Attractions: 16
  • Bear Lake Reserve: 9.0 mi
  • 1915 Climax Locomotive: 9.6 mi
  • Judaculla Rock: 9.7 mi
  • Wayehutta OHV Trail System: 10.8 mi
  • Historical Downtown: 11.7 mi
Museums: 12
  • Cradle of Forestry: 9.4 mi
  • Transylvania Heritage Museum: 13.1 mi
  • Fine Art Museum: 13.8 mi
  • Shook Museum: 14.2 mi
  • Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum: 15.0 mi
Artworks: 10
  • Chalice: 13.4 mi
  • American Eclipse: 13.5 mi
  • Wi: 13.6 mi
  • Ear: 13.7 mi
  • Chief Junaluska: 14.1 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Picnic sites: 5
  • Coontree Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
  • Pisgah Picnic: 12.2 mi
  • Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
  • N. Mills River Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
  • Heintooga Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
Beaches: 3
  • Sandbar Pool Beach: 11.7 mi
  • Lake Powhatan Beach: 20.8 mi
  • Sandstone Beach: 24.7 mi
Covered bridges: 2
  • Mountain Springs Lane: 15.1 mi
  • Covered Bridge Trail: 17.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • Cool Spring: 17.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of Buckeye Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Richland BalsamNW 316°1,951 m3.9 mi
Black Balsam KnobE 89°1,890 m3.8 mi
Mount HardySSE 154°1,866 m1.8 mi
Reinhart KnobNW 309°1,856 m2.6 mi
Tennent MountainE 80°1,846 m4.2 mi
Sam KnobE 86°1,844 m2.7 mi
Grassy Cove TopENE 71°1,844 m4.6 mi
Shining RockENE 57°1,829 m5.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1019:44
June solstice06:1820:1320:51
September equinox07:2018:5719:30
December solstice07:3816:4417:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353844536168717064544438
Precip in4.64.34.44.54.24.24.14.24.33.03.64.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waynesville 1 E, 11 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs13014815013310878.360.757.767.973.088.8117

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge W F Pigeon R Above Lake Logan NR Hazelwood, NC, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11999860543

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