Indian Camp Falls
Indian Camp Falls is a waterfall in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 747 m. Toxaway Mountain stands 1,452 m to the northwest, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Split Rock Falls, a waterfall less than a tenth of a mile away. Waterfall Byway passes 1.5 miles off.
Collectively these four falls are known as Paw Paw Falls
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 1.5 mi off the Whitewater Way
- 6.9 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- 8.3 mi off the Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Gorges Overlook · 1 mi
- Rainbow Falls · 1 mi
- Whitewater Falls Viewing Platform · 6 mi
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Split Rock Falls: 0.0 mi
- Chute Falls: 0.1 mi
- Paw Paw Falls: 0.1 mi
- Indian Camp Branch Falls: 0.7 mi
- Indian Branch Falls: 0.8 mi
- Chestnut Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Roundtop: 1.7 mi
- Puncheon Camp Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Rocky Knobs: 2.2 mi
- Grindstone Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Bootleg Access Area: 6.9 mi
- Silver Run Falls: 7.2 mi
- Champion Park: 7.6 mi
- Sloan Bridge Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- McKinney Meadow: 8.9 mi
- Sheep Cliff: 9.4 mi
- Horseshoe Rock: 10.6 mi
- Chattooga Cliffs: 10.9 mi
- River Cliffs: 11.5 mi
- Wildcat Cliffs: 12.9 mi
- Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 11.6 mi
- North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 14.9 mi
- General Pickens Monument: 15.8 mi
- Camp John Rock: 15.9 mi
- Caesars Head Hotel: 17.9 mi
- Highlands Nature Center: 14.2 mi
- The Real American Tea Museum: 14.9 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 15.3 mi
- Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts: 19.3 mi
- Pickens County Museum of Art & History: 19.5 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 14.3 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 14.4 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 14.7 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 14.8 mi
- Brushy Face Preserve: 15.4 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 11.9 mi
- M1: 15.3 mi
- Judaculla Rock: 17.5 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 17.7 mi
- The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 19.3 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 14.8 mi
- Common Gardening: 18.9 mi
- Common Gardening: 18.9 mi
- Rose Garden: 19.3 mi
- English Garden: 19.4 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 6.9 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 8.3 mi
- North Beach: 17.4 mi
- South Beach: 18.9 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
- South: 18.9 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 24.7 mi
- Ear: 20.1 mi
- Chalice: 20.4 mi
- American Eclipse: 20.5 mi
- Wi: 20.6 mi
- Cool Spring: 3.5 mi
- Moody Spring: 13.0 mi
- Indian Spring: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Indian Camp Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toxaway Mountain | NW 321° | 1,452 m | 3.9 mi |
| Cold Mountain | NNW 334° | 1,414 m | 6.0 mi |
| Chimneytop Mountain | W 278° | 1,401 m | 7.1 mi |
| Little Hogback Mountain | NW 309° | 1,392 m | 5.5 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | NW 310° | 1,386 m | 5.5 mi |
| Panthertail Mountain | NNW 339° | 1,365 m | 5.7 mi |
| Shelton Pisgah Mountain | NNW 335° | 1,365 m | 6.5 mi |
| Big Pisgah Mountain | NNW 344° | 1,342 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:45 | 17:24 |
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 | 40 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 8.7 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 8.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Toxaway 2 SW, under a mile 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 | 290 | 314 | 322 | 317 | 264 | 214 | 180 | 183 | 177 | 178 | 205 | 256 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge French Broad River AT Rosman, NC, 8 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/407248858
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