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Hemlock Falls

Hemlock Falls, a waterfall in Georgia
Hemlock Falls, a waterfall in GeorgiaAllen Lyons · CC BY 3.0
Hemlock Falls, a waterfall in Georgia
Thomsonmg2000 · CC0
Hemlock Falls, a waterfall in Georgia
Allen Lyons · CC BY 3.0
Hemlock Falls, a waterfall in Georgia
Allen Lyons · CC BY 3.0
Hemlock Falls, a waterfall in Georgia
Allen Lyons · CC BY 3.0
Hemlock Falls, a waterfall in Georgia
Thomsonmg2000 · CC0

Hemlock Falls is a waterfall in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 432 m. Gulf Mountain stands 659 m to the south, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Cherokee Falls, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. Lookout Mountain Parkway passes 1.3 miles off. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

Hemlock Falls is an 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 Q37422, linked from the OpenStreetMap record's article tag.

The record

What the record says

Height
27 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.83518, -85.48279

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cloudland Canyon State Park: 0.5 mi
  • Big Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Hangliding Training Hills: 1.7 mi
  • Small Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Jenkins Park: 2.7 mi
Peaks: 53
  • Round Top: 4.4 mi
  • Fox Mountain: 7.6 mi
  • Dugan Point: 7.9 mi
  • Fox Mountain: 8.3 mi
  • Sand Mountain: 8.8 mi
Historic sites: 43
Attractions: 36
Cliffs: 29
Springs: 22
  • Taylor Spring: 5.0 mi
  • Crawfish Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Wright Mineral Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Blue Hole: 12.3 mi
  • Straight Spring: 12.5 mi
Waterfalls: 19
Museums: 19
Artworks: 12
Gardens: 8
Nature reserves: 7
Picnic sites: 4
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 17.8 mi
Beaches: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gulf MountainS 178°659 m14.7 mi
Round TopE 88°647 m4.4 mi
Suck Creek MountainN 7°624.84 m24.2 mi
Round KnobNNE 16°601 m23.0 mi
Fox MountainSW 215°591 m8.3 mi
Fox MountainSW 215°584 m7.6 mi
Deerstand HillNW 310°572 m21.3 mi
Elder MountainNNE 15°569 m19.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:2119:54
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, 4 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/10945275628

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