Dismal Falls
Dismal Falls is a waterfall in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 1,047 m. Bald Knob stands 1,453 m to the north-northeast, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower Dismal Falls, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. Waterfall Byway passes 4.4 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 40 m
How to reach it
- 4.4 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 4.8 mi off the Whitewater Way
- 5.9 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- 8.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Lower Dismal Falls: 0.1 mi
- Rhapsodie Falls: 0.3 mi
- Lower Rhapsodie Falls: 0.4 mi
- Laurel Blossom Falls: 0.5 mi
- Diamond Falls: 0.5 mi
- Big Pisgah Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Shelton Pisgah Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Panthertail Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Cold Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Round Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Wolf Creek Lake Access Area: 3.3 mi
- Canada Community Park: 6.4 mi
- Cedar Cliff Lake Access: 8.0 mi
- Roy Taylor Forest: 8.5 mi
- Cashiers Village Green Park: 8.6 mi
- Horseshoe Rock: 4.2 mi
- River Cliffs: 5.2 mi
- Sheep Cliff: 7.7 mi
- Onion Cliff: 8.8 mi
- Cedar Cliffs: 10.5 mi
- North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 9.3 mi
- Camp John Rock: 12.6 mi
- Catamount Statue: 14.9 mi
- Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 16.0 mi
- Jackson County Veterans Memorial: 19.6 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 13.9 mi
- Fine Art Museum: 14.8 mi
- Highlands Nature Center: 15.0 mi
- Cradle of Forestry: 16.1 mi
- American Museum of the House Cat: 18.6 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 5.8 mi
- Judaculla Rock: 11.3 mi
- M1: 14.1 mi
- Wayehutta OHV Trail System: 15.0 mi
- 1915 Climax Locomotive: 16.3 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 12.6 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 14.7 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 15.1 mi
- Shining Rock Wilderness: 15.5 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 15.9 mi
- Ear: 14.5 mi
- Chalice: 14.6 mi
- American Eclipse: 14.7 mi
- Moai Statue: 19.4 mi
- Sylva Mural: 19.4 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 13.5 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 15.0 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 19.6 mi
- Franklin Garden: 23.0 mi
- Rhododenron Garden: 24.0 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 20.3 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 2.4 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 14.9 mi
- North Beach: 23.9 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 19.0 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 19.5 mi
- Smoky Mountain Visitor Center: 24.1 mi
- Cool Spring: 8.8 mi
- Moody Spring: 17.5 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.1 miles of Dismal Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | NNE 32° | 1,453 m | 5.3 mi |
| Toxaway Mountain | S 189° | 1,452 m | 3.4 mi |
| Rockyface Mountain | NNE 32° | 1,427 m | 5.0 mi |
| Cold Mountain | SW 214° | 1,414 m | 1.2 mi |
| Bruce Knob | NE 35° | 1,401 m | 5.6 mi |
| Little Hogback Mountain | SW 219° | 1,392 m | 3.7 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | SW 219° | 1,386 m | 3.7 mi |
| Laurel Knob | WSW 249° | 1,380 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:13 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:57 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:45 | 17:24 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 8.7 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 8.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Toxaway 2 SW, 6 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 290 | 314 | 322 | 317 | 264 | 214 | 180 | 183 | 177 | 178 | 205 | 256 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge French Broad River AT Rosman, NC, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9898196130
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