High Falls
High Falls is a waterfall in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 922 m. Yellow Mountain stands 1,562 m to the south-southwest, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is First Falls, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. Waterfall Byway passes 6.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 30 m
How to reach it
- 6.5 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 8.3 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
- 12.6 mi off the Whitewater Way
- 14.0 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Spot Knob (MP 427.8) · 14 mi
- Caney Fork Overlook · 14 mi
- Rough Butt Bald Overlook (MP 425.4) · 14 mi
- Gorges Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Shoal Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Pilot Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Prickly Ash Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Little Pilot Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Hughes Knob: 2.0 mi
- First Falls: 0.1 mi
- Hatcher Falls: 0.3 mi
- Onion Falls: 0.6 mi
- Breakbone Falls: 0.6 mi
- Betsy Falls: 1.8 mi
- Ralph J Andrews Recreation Park: 0.4 mi
- Cedar Cliff Lake Access: 4.9 mi
- Cullowhee Rec Center: 6.1 mi
- Bocce courts: 6.2 mi
- East Laporte River Park: 6.5 mi
- Onion Cliff: 2.1 mi
- Cedar Cliffs: 3.3 mi
- Sheep Cliff: 5.9 mi
- Western Cliffs: 6.9 mi
- River Cliffs: 7.0 mi
- Catamount Statue: 7.4 mi
- Founding of Jackson County and Time Capsule: 12.3 mi
- Jackson County Armed Forces Memorial: 12.4 mi
- Jackson County Veterans Memorial: 12.4 mi
- Charters of Freedom Monument: 12.4 mi
- Fine Art Museum: 7.3 mi
- American Museum of the House Cat: 9.5 mi
- Highlands Nature Center: 10.6 mi
- Scottish Tartans Museum: 12.5 mi
- Macon County Historical Museum: 12.6 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 6.3 mi
- Judaculla Rock: 7.3 mi
- Wayehutta OHV Trail System: 10.7 mi
- The Fugitive Train Wreck: 12.9 mi
- Mandara Spa Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort: 19.9 mi
- Ear: 6.9 mi
- Chalice: 7.5 mi
- American Eclipse: 7.6 mi
- Moai Statue: 12.3 mi
- Sylva Mural: 12.3 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 10.0 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 10.5 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 11.6 mi
- Brushy Face Preserve: 11.8 mi
- Cold Mountain Gameland: 19.9 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 7.9 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 12.4 mi
- Franklin Garden: 12.6 mi
- Annie Dee Leatherman Smith Memorial Garden: 14.4 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 21.1 mi
- Cool Spring: 18.0 mi
- Moody Spring: 18.3 mi
- Big Spring: 20.6 mi
- Wine Spring: 24.0 mi
- Smoky Mountain Visitor Center: 14.6 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 17.5 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 18.4 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Pavilion: 23.7 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Area: 23.7 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 8.6 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of High Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow Mountain | SSW 201° | 1,562 m | 5.0 mi |
| Black Rock Mountain | SSW 212° | 1,503 m | 4.7 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | SW 228° | 1,503 m | 4.8 mi |
| Little Hogback Mountain | SW 226° | 1,502 m | 4.5 mi |
| Old Rocky Mountain | W 261° | 1,462 m | 3.9 mi |
| Wolf Knob | W 276° | 1,457 m | 3.2 mi |
| Buck Knob | W 270° | 1,418 m | 2.5 mi |
| Goat Knob | S 191° | 1,418 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:11 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:14 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:58 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:46 | 17:25 |
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 | 37 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cullowhee, 8 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Mar, May — fullest in Jan, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 560 | 542 | 472 | 415 | 470 | 340 | 365 | 319 | 376 | 344 | 368 | 495 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Tuckasegee River AT SR 1172 NR Cullowhee, NC, 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/547157494
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