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Charlotte Falls

Charlotte Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Charlotte Falls is a waterfall in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 229 m. Hampton Mountain stands 616 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Blackburn Fork State Scenic River, a park 0.3 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 15 miles off.

What the record says

Height
35 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.28206, -85.56070

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 59
Cliffs: 13
Waterfalls: 11
  • Savannah Falls: 0.5 mi
  • Cummins Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Wash Morgan Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Waterloo Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Upper Waterloo Falls: 5.5 mi
Museums: 11
  • Cookeville Childrens Museum: 8.5 mi
  • Depot Museum: 8.6 mi
  • Cookeville History Museum: 8.8 mi
  • Soard Properties Museum: 8.8 mi
  • Baxter Visitor Center and Museum: 9.9 mi
Artworks: 2
  • TTU Eagle Statue: 7.9 mi
  • Standing Stone State Park: 15.0 mi
Gardens: 2
Historic sites: 1
  • The Pink Elephant: 9.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Tennessee Visitor Center: 17.0 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Canoe the Caney - Satellite Location: 18.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • Spring Shelter: 21.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Charlotte Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hampton MountainESE 112°616 m19.1 mi
Tyler MountainESE 108°597 m18.8 mi
Blaylock MountainESE 117°593 m13.5 mi
Copeland MountainESE 107°585 m18.5 mi
Harris MountainE 95°582 m15.9 mi
Bee RockSE 125°574 m18.6 mi
Alpine MountainENE 73°574 m19.2 mi
Round TopESE 103°572 m18.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:2018:54
June solstice05:2619:2620:04
September equinox06:3118:0718:41
December solstice06:5115:5216:32

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F354048576674777670584739
Precip in4.84.95.34.75.55.54.94.13.43.73.95.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gainesboro, 8 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Apr — fullest in Feb, leanest in Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs20726725816396.765.851.831.424.720.849.1129

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Roaring River Near Hilham, TN, 9 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/11712182826

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