Goliath Falls
Goliath Falls is a waterfall in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 554 m. Grandmother Mountain stands 1,408 m to the north, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is MIddle Raven Cliff Falls, a waterfall less than a tenth of a mile away. Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway passes 1.0 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 36 m
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
- 4.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 8.8 mi off the Little Parkway
- 14.5 mi off the Upper Yadkin Way
Overlooks nearby
- Wiseman's View · 6 mi
- Erwin's View Outlook · 6 mi
- Gorge View · 6 mi
- Chimney View · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- MIddle Raven Cliff Falls: 0.0 mi
- Upper Raven Cliff Falls: 0.1 mi
- Lower Raven Cliff Falls: 0.1 mi
- Burnthouse Branch Falls: 0.2 mi
- Ripshin Branch Falls: 0.6 mi
- Chestnut Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Sugar Knob: 1.9 mi
- Windling Stair Knob: 2.1 mi
- Little Chestnut Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Cold Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Daniel Boone Wildlife Management Area: 2.0 mi
- Point Park: 7.7 mi
- Crossnore Town Park: 7.7 mi
- Hard & Flossie Clark Family Park: 8.4 mi
- Norris Clifton Park: 10.4 mi
- Fonta Flora Covered Bridge: 10.7 mi
- Mosaic Mural: 14.0 mi
- Art & Frame Store: 14.0 mi
- The Market on Oak: 14.0 mi
- The Gardener: 15.1 mi
- House Of Mugs (Collettsville Cup House): 6.2 mi
- Linville Caverns: 6.9 mi
- Daffodil Flats: 9.2 mi
- Stack Rock: 9.8 mi
- Linn Cove Viaduct: 10.1 mi
- Wilson Creek Visitor Center: 3.4 mi
- Wilson Center for Nature Discovery: 9.9 mi
- Avery County Musuem: 11.2 mi
- NC Mineral and Gem Festival: 14.3 mi
- Museum of North Carolina Minerals: 14.4 mi
- Mortimer memorial: 4.3 mi
- Avery County Veterans Memorial: 11.3 mi
- Law Enforcement Memorial: 11.3 mi
- Gillespie Gap: 14.4 mi
- Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 14.7 mi
- Raven Cliff: 0.1 mi
- Little Lost Cove Cliffs: 4.5 mi
- Big Lost Cove Cliffs: 5.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Cliffs: 6.8 mi
- Linville Bluffs: 9.9 mi
- Mitchell Giving Gardens: 14.1 mi
- Beall Street Community Gardens: 15.4 mi
- Elizabeth Young Community Garden: 19.5 mi
- Daniel Boone Native Gardens: 19.9 mi
- Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 20.0 mi
- Lost Cove Wilderness Study Area: 5.0 mi
- Peak Mountain Conservation Area: 13.2 mi
- Foscoe Wetland Conservation Area: 13.8 mi
- Annie Cannon Gardens: 15.0 mi
- Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina: 15.7 mi
- Linville Falls Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
- Woods Walk: 9.7 mi
- Forrest Gump Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- Cliffside Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- Julian Price Memorial Park Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 1.2 mi
- Watauga County US 221 Rest Area: 15.2 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 23.9 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 23.9 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 24.0 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 8.8 mi
- Gully Pipe: 9.2 mi
- Shanty Springs: 11.3 mi
- Bear Wallow Spring: 11.3 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 14.0 mi
- Boat beach: 14.0 mi
- Swimming beach: 14.0 mi
- Mortimer: 4.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Goliath Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grandmother Mountain | N 351° | 1,408 m | 8.0 mi |
| Beacon Heights | N 357° | 1,327 m | 9.3 mi |
| Little Bald | N 349° | 1,307 m | 7.5 mi |
| Humpback Mountain | W 268° | 1,295 m | 7.9 mi |
| Ball Ground Mountain | WNW 289° | 1,294 m | 4.7 mi |
| Gingercake Mountain | W 261° | 1,262 m | 3.9 mi |
| Cranberry Knob | WNW 304° | 1,258 m | 4.3 mi |
| Camp Creek Mountain | WNW 303° | 1,254 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:06 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:52 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:38 | 17:18 |
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 | 43 | 52 | 60 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 63 | 53 | 44 | 38 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 3.5 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spruce Pine 4 ENE, 10 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 455 | 433 | 485 | 494 | 446 | 354 | 308 | 312 | 343 | 304 | 349 | 399 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Johns River AT Arneys Store, NC, 10 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/10809682607
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