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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: 54
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
Cliffs: 31
Waterfalls: 27
  • 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
Museums: 19
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: 9
Picnic sites: 6
Beaches: 4
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 8.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of High Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Round TopSSW 199°647 m10.0 mi
Suck Creek MountainNNW 342°624.84 m15.2 mi
Round KnobN 355°601 m12.5 mi
Buck KnobN 4°595 m16.5 mi
Fox MountainSW 217°591 m20.5 mi
Fox MountainSW 217°584 m19.8 mi
Deerstand HillW 280°572 m24.3 mi
Elder MountainNNW 343°569 m9.5 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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