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Cliff Dwellers Cascade

Cliff Dwellers Cascade, seen from above at true elevation

Cliff Dwellers Cascade is a waterfall in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 733 m. Bluff Mountain stands 1,430 m to the east, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Rattlesnake Branch Recreation Area, a park 0.9 miles away. East Tennessee Crossing passes 5.5 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
4.572 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.83589, -82.96846

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 43
Waterfalls: 36
Cliffs: 15
Historic sites: 14
  • Dixie Highway Monument: 6.5 mi
  • Dixie Highway Monument: 8.5 mi
  • Shelton Laurel Massacre: 14.3 mi
  • Declaration of Independence: 16.1 mi
  • US Constitution: 16.2 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Cold Springs Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
  • Murray Branch Recreation Area: 7.9 mi
  • Stephen Falls Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
  • Love Road Picnic: 10.3 mi
  • Overlook Access: 11.9 mi
Springs: 7
Museums: 7
  • Shook Museum: 21.2 mi
  • Canton Area Historical Museum: 22.2 mi
  • Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum: 23.1 mi
  • Rural Heritage Museum: 23.4 mi
  • The Greeneville Greene County History Museum: 23.7 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Wildwater Pigeon Rafting and Zipline Canopy Tours: 10.1 mi
  • French Broad Rafting: 13.7 mi
  • Marvin Popcorn Sutton's Homeplace: 19.5 mi
  • Forbidden Caverns: 21.7 mi
  • Historical Downtown: 23.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
Artworks: 2
  • Chief Junaluska: 21.2 mi
  • Berm Park: 23.0 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Susanna Wesley Garden: 21.2 mi
  • Rhododenron Garden: 21.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Nature reserves: 1
Covered bridges: 1
  • Covered Bridge Trail: 19.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Cliff Dwellers Cascade. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bluff MountainE 84°1,430 m3.5 mi
Bald KnobSSE 156°1,408 m7.5 mi
Max Patch MountainSSE 166°1,407 m2.8 mi
Tennessee BluffE 82°1,406 m2.9 mi
Naked Place MountainS 171°1,406 m7.4 mi
Rough KnobSSE 158°1,381 m6.7 mi
Laurel MountainSW 214°1,311 m1.4 mi
Rich MountainSE 135°1,311 m1.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1019:44
June solstice06:1720:1420:52
September equinox07:2118:5719:30
December solstice07:3916:4317:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394350586672767569594942
Precip in4.23.94.74.44.66.46.54.64.02.73.44.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waterville 2, 9 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs1,4321,6581,5621,4911,2298337506307345987591,196

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Pigeon R BL Power Plant NR Waterville, NC, 9 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/550759948

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