King Creek Falls
King Creek Falls is a waterfall in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 662 m. Coldsides Mountain stands 1,218 m to the north-northeast, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Mill Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway passes 1.4 miles off.
The story
Kings Creek Falls, located near Long Creek, South Carolina, is a waterfall in the Oconee District of the Sumter National Forest. Kings Creek is a tributary of the Chatooga River, and the falls are located off a short spur from the Foothills Trail. It is located in the extreme Northwest of the state, near the Ellicott Rock Wilderness Area and the Georgia state line.
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Wikidata Q37486, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 20 m
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway
- 6.6 mi off the Whitewater Way
- 7.6 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 7.7 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 7 mi
- Gorges Overlook · 13 mi
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 25 mi
- Rough Butt Bald Overlook (MP 425.4) · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mill Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Bee Bait Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Ridley Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Round Top: 1.3 mi
- Rand Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Spoonauger Falls: 0.6 mi
- Big Bend Falls: 1.0 mi
- Fowler Creek Falls: 2.6 mi
- Miuka Falls: 2.7 mi
- Lower Miuka Falls: 2.8 mi
- Cherry Hill Recreation Area: 2.1 mi
- Sloan Bridge Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
- Dixon Park: 6.9 mi
- Ravenel Park: 7.0 mi
- Whiteside Mountain: 7.4 mi
- Highlands Nature Center: 7.4 mi
- Oconee Military Museum at Patriots Hall: 14.1 mi
- Museum of the Cherokee in South Carolina: 14.2 mi
- Oconee History Museum: 14.2 mi
- The Foxfire Museum: 16.6 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 3.2 mi
- Chattooga Cliffs: 5.2 mi
- Sunset Rock: 7.0 mi
- Wildcat Cliffs: 7.8 mi
- The Catstairs: 10.1 mi
- Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Chattooga Town: 5.2 mi
- General Pickens Monument: 6.6 mi
- Oconee Station: 8.6 mi
- Cobbs Bridge: 17.5 mi
- Oconee County Cage: 14.2 mi
- 12 Spies Vineyards: 14.8 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 18.7 mi
- Stonewall Creek Vineyards Tasting Room: 22.4 mi
- Judaculla Rock: 23.1 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 6.8 mi
- Brushy Face Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 7.5 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 7.9 mi
- Warwoman Wildlife Management Area: 10.1 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 11.1 mi
- North Beach: 14.3 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 15.0 mi
- South Beach: 15.0 mi
- East Beach: 24.7 mi
- Moody Spring: 1.9 mi
- Cool Spring: 15.2 mi
- Indian Spring: 21.6 mi
- Big Spring: 21.8 mi
- Common Gardening: 15.2 mi
- Franklin Garden: 21.3 mi
- English Garden: 23.7 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 24.6 mi
- Ear: 23.6 mi
- Chalice: 24.1 mi
- American Eclipse: 24.2 mi
- All In: 25.0 mi
- South: 15.0 mi
- Smoky Mountain Visitor Center: 18.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.0 miles of King Creek Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coldsides Mountain | NNE 17° | 1,218 m | 5.8 mi |
| Flat Mountain | NE 36° | 1,198 m | 6.0 mi |
| Heady Mountain | NNE 24° | 1,150 m | 5.8 mi |
| Ellicott Mountain | NNE 30° | 1,137 m | 4.2 mi |
| Round Mountain | NE 44° | 1,125 m | 5.9 mi |
| Rich Mountain | NNW 326° | 1,065 m | 5.8 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | N 6° | 1,055 m | 4.8 mi |
| Jacks Knob | N 1° | 1,042 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:11 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:13 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:58 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:46 | 17:25 |
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 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 70 | 69 | 64 | 54 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 8.1 | 6.2 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 8.9 | 7.6 | 6.4 | 7.0 | 7.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jocassee 8 WNW, 3 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Feb, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 255 | 265 | 221 | 227 | 208 | 142 | 145 | 138 | 126 | 153 | 152 | 238 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Chattooga River AT Burrells Ford, NR Pine Mtn, GA, under a mile away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/3761991050
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