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Keaton Falls

Keaton Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Keaton Falls is a waterfall in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 652 m. Hinch Mountain stands 931 m to the north, 2.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Shut-in Gap Road Area, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 3.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Width
633.7 m
Getting there

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Coordinates35.75140, -84.97346
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 55
  • Natures Park: 7.4 mi
  • Holloway Park: 7.7 mi
  • Spring City Park: 8.0 mi
  • Cumberland Mountain: 10.1 mi
  • Cumberland Mountain Retreat: 10.5 mi
Waterfalls: 30
  • Stinging Fork Falls 60: 3.3 mi
  • Deep Pool Cascades 8: 4.9 mi
  • White Pine Cascades 28: 5.0 mi
  • Pine Branch Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 5.2 mi
Cliffs: 17
Nature reserves: 14
Springs: 11
  • Dripping Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Mars Hill Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Moulton Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Black Mountain Springhouse: 9.3 mi
  • Holloway Spring: 16.1 mi
Historic sites: 9
  • Spring City Bus/Train Accident Memorial: 7.5 mi
  • Troop 45: 12.8 mi
  • Clarence Darrow: 17.8 mi
  • William Jennings Bryan: 17.9 mi
  • Centinnial Park Water Fountain Monument: 17.9 mi
Museums: 7
  • Spring City Depot Museum & Railfan Spot: 7.5 mi
  • Native Stone Museum: 13.9 mi
  • Military Memorial Museum: 13.9 mi
  • Jane Manley Museum: 16.3 mi
  • Rhea County Museum: 17.9 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Spring City Railfan Spot: 7.5 mi
  • Roadside Table: 7.5 mi
  • Newton Ford Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
  • George's Hole: 21.8 mi
  • Picnic Area: 21.9 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Head of the Sequatchie River: 3.4 mi
  • Virgin Falls Trailhead: 18.7 mi
  • George's Hole: 21.8 mi
  • Whale Face Rock: 22.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Cumberland County I-40 West Rest Area: 12.6 mi
  • Cumberland County I-40 East Rest Area: 13.6 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Sam: 7.5 mi
Beaches: 1
  • CMRPOA Beach - Residents Only: 10.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Keaton Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hinch MountainN 352°931 m2.1 mi
Dorton KnobN 353°910 m3.3 mi
Bear Den MountainN 11°893 m3.4 mi
Brady MountainN 2°893 m5.2 mi
Black MountainNNE 29°862 m9.2 mi
Luper MountainNE 36°833 m17.5 mi
Big Rock MountainNNE 30°824 m12.9 mi
Thorny MountainNE 35°811 m15.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4418:1818:52
June solstice05:2519:2220:00
September equinox06:2918:0518:38
December solstice06:4715:5116:31

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374148576573777670584740
Precip in5.75.25.55.64.15.15.63.14.83.65.16.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spring City, 8 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs23.333.426.224.314.14.96.14.84.77.117.130.6

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Basses Creek AT Lake Tansi NR Crossville,tn, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13670305690

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