High Falls
High Falls is a waterfall in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 881 m. Pharis Knob stands 1,410 m to the east-southeast, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Beech Mountain, a peak 2.9 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 6.1 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 6 m
How to reach it
- 6.1 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 7.1 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
- 11.8 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
- 14.4 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Beech Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Harper Knob: 4.5 mi
- Childers Knob: 4.8 mi
- Imboden Knob: 6.2 mi
- Hawflat Knob: 6.3 mi
- Beaver Dam Wildlife Management Area: 5.8 mi
- Beverly Historic District: 7.1 mi
- Valley Bend Wetland Wildlife Management Area: 8.7 mi
- Stuart Recreation Area: 10.1 mi
- Cheat Wildlife Management Area: 10.4 mi
- Pat Spring: 7.4 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 8.3 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 9.8 mi
- Cool Spring: 13.7 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 14.2 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 7.1 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 11.2 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 22.1 mi
- Sites Homestead: 22.2 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 23.7 mi
- Wilson Monument: 8.6 mi
- Elkins Roundhouse: 11.3 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 11.4 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 15.0 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 16.2 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 14.5 mi
- Small waterfall: 14.5 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 15.8 mi
- High Falls of Cheat: 21.4 mi
- Raven Rocks: 17.9 mi
- Southern Pillar: 22.5 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 22.5 mi
- Lower Slabs: 22.6 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 21.0 mi
- Helvetia Village Historic District: 23.3 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 24.0 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 24.6 mi
- Gertrude: 7.2 mi
- Mill Run: 20.8 mi
- Stringtown: 22.2 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 10.8 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 24.5 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 12.1 mi
- Locust Springs: 14.8 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 11.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of High Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pharis Knob | ESE 105° | 1,410 m | 8.4 mi |
| Horse Rock | E 95° | 1,374 m | 15.0 mi |
| Crouch Knob | SW 215° | 1,374 m | 17.0 mi |
| Job Knob | ENE 64° | 1,353 m | 15.2 mi |
| Gaudineer Knob | SSW 198° | 1,351 m | 11.4 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | ENE 59° | 1,348 m | 16.1 mi |
| Cunningham Knob | SE 128° | 1,339 m | 7.9 mi |
| Burner Mountain | S 175° | 1,309 m | 12.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:08 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:19 | 17:01 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 28 | 35 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 66 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glady 1 N, 4 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 | 548 | 605 | 702 | 532 | 460 | 239 | 158 | 144 | 88.4 | 122 | 245 | 460 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Tygart Valley River Near Dailey, WV, 6 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/3287010496
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- Buckhannon · 29 mi
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