Crabtree Falls
Crabtree Falls is a waterfall in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 1,017 m. Mount Mitchell stands 2,038 m to the west-southwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Three Knobs, a peak 0.7 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.6 miles off.
The story
Crabtree Falls is a waterfall located near the boundary of McDowell County and Yancey County, North Carolina.
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Wikidata Q37332, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 20 m
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 11.8 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
- 12.2 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 17.2 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Bon Ami Falls: 2.3 mi
- Camp Celo Falls: 3.7 mi
- Whiteoak Creek Falls: 4.0 mi
- Grassy Creek Falls: 4.4 mi
- Locust Creek Falls: 4.4 mi
- Three Knobs: 0.7 mi
- Rich Knob: 1.7 mi
- Stones Knob: 2.1 mi
- Osborne Knob: 2.7 mi
- Locust Knob: 3.2 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Recreation Area: 3.2 mi
- Toe River Campground: 4.7 mi
- Brad Regan Memorial Park: 7.0 mi
- Riverside Park: 7.9 mi
- Clock Park: 8.0 mi
- Gillespie Gap: 6.0 mi
- The McDowell's and The Carson's: 9.8 mi
- Yancey County Veterans Memorial: 10.7 mi
- Yancey County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 10.7 mi
- Otway Burns: 10.8 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 4.9 mi
- Gem Mountain Gemstone Mine: 6.7 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 13.4 mi
- Daffodil Flats: 13.4 mi
- Linville Caverns: 13.7 mi
- Museum of North Carolina Minerals: 6.0 mi
- NC Mineral and Gem Festival: 6.8 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 7.5 mi
- Historic Carson House: 10.3 mi
- The Lloyd Bailey Annex: 10.8 mi
- Art & Frame Store: 8.0 mi
- Mosaic Mural: 8.0 mi
- The Market on Oak: 8.0 mi
- Stream: 10.7 mi
- Friends: 10.7 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 12.9 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 13.2 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 18.6 mi
- Roan High Bluff: 18.9 mi
- Coltens Cliff: 19.8 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 2.1 mi
- Terrace garden: 4.0 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 4.1 mi
- Mitchell Giving Gardens: 7.9 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 18.1 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 10.4 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 10.4 mi
- Gully Pipe: 13.9 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 14.3 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 18.2 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 3.2 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 7.4 mi
- Linville Falls Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
- Twin Springs Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
- Rocky Knob: 11.4 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 14.4 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 14.8 mi
- Lost Cove Wilderness Study Area: 23.0 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 14.4 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 14.4 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 14.5 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 19.2 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 8.0 mi
- Boat beach: 15.9 mi
- Swimming beach: 16.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Crabtree Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Mitchell | WSW 240° | 2,038 m | 7.5 mi |
| Mount Craig | WSW 245° | 2,023 m | 6.9 mi |
| Balsam Cone | WSW 251° | 2,007 m | 6.3 mi |
| Big Tom | WSW 246° | 2,002 m | 6.8 mi |
| Cattail Peak | WSW 256° | 1,986 m | 6.2 mi |
| Potato Hill | WSW 257° | 1,942 m | 6.0 mi |
| Celo Knob | WNW 292° | 1,922 m | 6.0 mi |
| Horse Rock | WNW 290° | 1,893 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:40 | 17:19 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 37 | 44 | 52 | 60 | 66 | 69 | 68 | 63 | 53 | 43 | 37 |
| Precip in | 5.9 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Celo 2 S, 2 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Jul.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 164 | 174 | 202 | 184 | 163 | 123 | 88.6 | 96.9 | 145 | 130 | 140 | 146 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge South Toe River Near Celo, NC, 2 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/1634510220
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