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Indian Camp Falls

Indian Camp Falls, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates35.08856, -82.94026

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
Parks: 55
  • 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
Cliffs: 21
Historic sites: 15
  • 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
Museums: 12
Nature reserves: 9
Attractions: 8
  • 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
Gardens: 6
  • 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
Beaches: 4
  • Sandbar Pool Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Sandstone Beach: 8.3 mi
  • North Beach: 17.4 mi
  • South Beach: 18.9 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Artworks: 4
  • Ear: 20.1 mi
  • Chalice: 20.4 mi
  • American Eclipse: 20.5 mi
  • Wi: 20.6 mi
Springs: 3
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Toxaway MountainNW 321°1,452 m3.9 mi
Cold MountainNNW 334°1,414 m6.0 mi
Chimneytop MountainW 278°1,401 m7.1 mi
Little Hogback MountainNW 309°1,392 m5.5 mi
Hogback MountainNW 310°1,386 m5.5 mi
Panthertail MountainNNW 339°1,365 m5.7 mi
Shelton Pisgah MountainNNW 335°1,365 m6.5 mi
Big Pisgah MountainNNW 344°1,342 m6.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1019:44
June solstice06:1920:1220:50
September equinox07:2018:5719:30
December solstice07:3716:4517:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374046546268717065554640
Precip in8.77.17.87.47.07.89.48.99.46.77.78.6

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs290314322317264214180183177178205256

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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/407248858

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