Little River Falls
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Little River Falls is a waterfall in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 349 m. Gulf Mountain stands 659 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Little River Canyon Center, a museum 0.5 miles away. Appalachian Highlands Scenic Byway runs past it. 114 named places lie within 25 miles, 38 of them named summits.
The story
Little River Falls is located within the Little River Canyon National Preserve in Alabama, United States. It marks the beginning of the Little River Canyon. On April 8, 2014, the falls set a record water flow of more than 11,000 cubic feet per second. This broke the old record set in 1964.
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Wikidata Q38019, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- On the Appalachian Highlands Scenic Byway
- 5.1 mi off the Lookout Mountain Parkway
- 21.0 mi off the Ridge and Valley Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Little River Falls Overlook · 1 mi
- Lynn Overlook · 1 mi
114 named places within 25 miles
- Hawkins Spring Park: 5.9 mi
- Spring Grove Park: 6.0 mi
- Patriots Park: 6.1 mi
- Alabama Music Park: 6.2 mi
- Dekalb County VFW Agricultural Fairgrounds: 6.2 mi
- Castle Rock: 5.2 mi
- Mount Brandon: 7.2 mi
- Wooten Hill: 8.6 mi
- Dirtseller Mountain: 8.7 mi
- Flint Hill: 9.1 mi
- Little Falls: 0.6 mi
- Grace's High Falls: 4.0 mi
- Lodge Falls: 6.9 mi
- Lost Falls: 6.9 mi
- Laurel Falls: 6.9 mi
- Rawlingsville: 6.1 mi
- Bootsville: 10.7 mi
- Battelle: 17.9 mi
- Turkey Town: 18.3 mi
- Livingston: 20.3 mi
- Dye Ditch Gang: 6.2 mi
- Old Rock Schoolhouses: 8.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 16.9 mi
- The Old Berry Dairy: 20.6 mi
- West Rome High Marker: 24.1 mi
- Council Bluff: 13.1 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 18.1 mi
- Huckleberry Point: 19.7 mi
- Commet Boulder: 22.0 mi
- Dugout: 22.0 mi
- Little River Canyon Center: 0.5 mi
- Fort Payne Depot and Museum: 6.2 mi
- Alabama Fan Club and Museum: 6.5 mi
- Cherokee Historical Museum: 17.0 mi
- Mushroom Rock: 1.5 mi
- The band Alabama: 6.3 mi
- Otting Tract Wilderness Management Area: 13.5 mi
- Anderson Spring: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Little River Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gulf Mountain | NNE 29° | 659 m | 18.1 mi |
| Fox Mountain | N 8° | 591 m | 23.9 mi |
| Fox Mountain | N 9° | 584 m | 24.5 mi |
| Pigeon Mountain | NE 37° | 566 m | 22.1 mi |
| Little Mountain | N 5° | 564 m | 10.0 mi |
| Mount Brandon | W 264° | 506 m | 7.2 mi |
| Bogan Peak | SE 140° | 505 m | 11.4 mi |
| Castle Rock | WNW 303° | 486 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:21 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:22 | 19:59 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:08 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 06:46 | 15:58 | 16:37 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 77 | 80 | 80 | 75 | 64 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Payne, 6 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Jan, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 154 | 142 | 142 | 116 | 87.6 | 17.4 | 19.8 | 4.9 | 43.9 | 24.2 | 66.1 | 123 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge West Fork Little R AT Desoto Park NR Fort Payne AL, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/2270112076
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