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High Falls

High Falls, seen from above at true elevation

High Falls is a waterfall in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 491 m. Round Top stands 647 m to the south-southwest, 10.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Rock City Gardens, a garden 0.1 miles away. Lookout Mountain Parkway passes 0.8 miles off.

What the record says

Height
30.48 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.97388, -85.34773

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Gnome Valley: 0.1 mi
  • Spiritualist Campground - Natural Bridge: 1.5 mi
  • Jane's Garden: 1.6 mi
  • St. Elmo Park: 1.7 mi
  • Terrace Park: 1.7 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 52
Attractions: 35
  • Cravens House: 2.8 mi
  • Ruby Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Freedom Church: 4.9 mi
  • Snodgrass House: 5.5 mi
  • Cannon Ball: 5.6 mi
Waterfalls: 26
  • Glen Falls 15: 1.0 mi
  • Lower Cascades Glen Falls 65: 1.0 mi
  • Upper Glen Falls 12: 1.0 mi
  • Lula Falls 100: 3.2 mi
  • Lula Lake Falls 30: 3.3 mi
Cliffs: 26
Museums: 18
Artworks: 15
Nature reserves: 13
Springs: 11
  • Straight Spring: 0.3 mi
  • Obar Spring: 4.8 mi
  • Crawfish Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Taylor Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Burnt Cabin Springhouse: 10.6 mi
Gardens: 8
Picnic sites: 4
Beaches: 4
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 8.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.9 miles of High Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Round TopSSW647 m10.0 mi
Suck Creek MountainNNW625 m15.2 mi
Round KnobN601 m12.5 mi
Buck KnobN595 m16.5 mi
Fox MountainSW584 m19.8 mi
Deerstand HillW572 m24.3 mi
Elder MountainNNW569 m9.5 mi
Pigeon MountainS566 m22.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:2019:53
June solstice06:2920:2220:59
September equinox07:3019:0619:40
December solstice07:4616:5517:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374048586673767570594841
Precip in5.56.05.65.54.34.24.84.04.93.84.65.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lookout Mtn-point Park, 3 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Apr — fullest in Feb, leanest in Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs14222722015187.533.938.423.733.832.542.8127

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Chattanooga Creek AT Ga193, Near Flintstone, GA, 1 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8986971847

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