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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

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.75140, -84.97346
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 50
  • 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: 29
  • 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: 13
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: 8
  • Spring City Bus/Train Accident Memorial: 7.5 mi
  • Troop 45: 12.8 mi
  • Clarence Darrow: 17.8 mi
  • Centinnial Park Water Fountain Monument: 17.9 mi
  • Blythe Ferry: 23.7 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: 5
  • 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
  • Roane County Park Picnic Shed 5: 22.5 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Head of the Sequatchie River: 3.4 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 18.7 miles of Keaton Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hinch MountainN931 m2.1 mi
Dorton KnobN910 m3.3 mi
Bear Den MountainN893 m3.4 mi
Brady MountainN893 m5.2 mi
Black MountainNNE862 m9.2 mi
Luper MountainNE833 m17.5 mi
Big Rock MountainNNE824 m12.9 mi
Thorny MountainNE811 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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