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Cherokee Falls

Cherokee Falls, a waterfall in Georgia
Cherokee Falls, a waterfall in Georgiapseabolt · CC BY 3.0
Cherokee Falls, a waterfall in Georgia
Allen Lyons · CC BY 3.0
Cherokee Falls, a waterfall in Georgia
Allen Lyons · CC BY 3.0
Cherokee Falls, a waterfall in Georgia
Allen Lyons · CC BY 3.0
Cherokee Falls, a waterfall in Georgia
Allen Lyons · CC BY 3.0
Cherokee Falls, a waterfall in Georgia
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Cherokee Falls is a waterfall in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 463 m. Gulf Mountain stands 659 m to the south, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Hemlock Falls, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. Lookout Mountain Parkway passes 1.4 miles off. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

Cherokee Falls is a waterfall located in Cloudland Canyon State Park in Dade County, Georgia. The waterfall, formerly unnamed, was named in a contest.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q38707, linked from the OpenStreetMap record's article tag.

The record

What the record says

Height
18 m
Getting there

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Coordinates34.83392, -85.48420

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cloudland Canyon State Park: 0.6 mi
  • Big Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Hangliding Training Hills: 1.7 mi
  • Small Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Jenkins Park: 2.8 mi
Peaks: 53
  • Round Top: 4.5 mi
  • Fox Mountain: 7.5 mi
  • Dugan Point: 8.0 mi
  • Fox Mountain: 8.1 mi
  • Sand Mountain: 8.8 mi
Historic sites: 43
Attractions: 36
Cliffs: 29
Springs: 22
  • Taylor Spring: 5.1 mi
  • Crawfish Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Wright Mineral Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Blue Hole: 12.3 mi
  • Straight Spring: 12.6 mi
Waterfalls: 20
  • Hemlock Falls: 0.1 mi
  • Lula Lake Falls 30: 9.2 mi
  • Lula Falls 100: 9.3 mi
  • High Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Upper Glen Falls 12: 13.3 mi
Museums: 19
Artworks: 12
Gardens: 8
Nature reserves: 7
Picnic sites: 4
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 17.9 mi
Beaches: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cherokee Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gulf MountainS 177°659 m14.6 mi
Round TopE 87°647 m4.5 mi
Suck Creek MountainN 7°624.84 m24.3 mi
Round KnobNNE 17°601 m23.1 mi
Fox MountainSW 215°591 m8.1 mi
Fox MountainSW 215°584 m7.5 mi
Deerstand HillNW 310°572 m21.3 mi
Elder MountainNNE 15°569 m19.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:2119:54
June solstice06:3020:2220:59
September equinox07:3119:0719:40
December solstice07:4616:5617:35

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424553616976797973625145
Precip in5.35.35.65.14.44.34.53.74.43.35.15.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chickamauga 2 SW, 10 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs42854151937224595.883.364.199.283.6153334

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Lookout Creek Near New England, GA, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipedia

OpenStreetMap element node/909880576

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