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Kelly Falls

Kelly Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Kelly Falls is a waterfall in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 504 m. Camp Creek Bald stands 1,480 m to the east-northeast, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Overlook Access, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. East Tennessee Crossing passes 5.4 miles off.

What the record says

Height
3.6 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.97636, -82.84904

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls: 26
Cliffs: 18
Historic sites: 10
  • Dixie Highway Monument: 5.4 mi
  • Dixie Highway Monument: 6.0 mi
  • Shelton Laurel Massacre: 6.6 mi
  • McKee Street "Flagship of Greeneville Mayoralty": 12.8 mi
  • Valentine Sevier Home: 12.8 mi
Springs: 7
Museums: 7
  • The Greeneville Greene County History Museum: 12.8 mi
  • City Garage Car Museum: 12.8 mi
  • Doak House Museum: 14.5 mi
  • David Crockett Museum: 19.2 mi
  • Rural Heritage Museum: 19.7 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Overlook Access: 0.1 mi
  • Love Road Picnic: 1.6 mi
  • Stephen Falls Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
  • Murray Branch Recreation Area: 4.1 mi
  • Cold Springs Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
Attractions: 2
  • French Broad Rafting: 11.6 mi
  • Wildwater Pigeon Rafting and Zipline Canopy Tours: 19.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Nature reserves: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Kelly Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Camp Creek BaldENE 66°1,480 m8.1 mi
Little Bald MountainENE 64°1,438 m8.3 mi
Bluff MountainSSW 199°1,430 m9.9 mi
Tennessee BluffSSW 202°1,406 m10.0 mi
Big Firescald KnobENE 64°1,382 m9.9 mi
Little Firescald KnobENE 64°1,373 m9.2 mi
Round MountainENE 75°1,211 m6.9 mi
Big KnobENE 74°1,162 m10.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1019:43
June solstice06:1620:1420:52
September equinox07:2018:5619:30
December solstice07:3916:4217:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384249576673767670594842
Precip in3.73.34.03.84.55.24.74.93.42.42.93.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — HOT Springs, 6 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–May — fullest in Feb, leanest in Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs3,8213,9953,6603,6683,1762,2562,3702,3622,0141,9822,0962,852

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge French Broad River AT Hot Springs, NC, 6 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/13775128290

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