Log Hollow Falls
Log Hollow Falls is a waterfall in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 991 m. Black Balsam Knob stands 1,890 m to the west, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Log Hollow Falls, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway passes 0.9 miles off.
The story
Log Hollow Falls (also known as Falls in Log Hollow, or the Falls on Log Hollow Creek) is a waterfall in the Pisgah National Forest, Transylvania County, North Carolina. It's a steep cascade with a couple of sections of free falling water. Visitors can drive to within 1/2 miles of the falls, and access them via an old Forest Service logging road, making it an easy destination. Despite this, the falls are not very well known and receives few visitors.
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Wikidata Q37822, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway, National
- 0.9 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- 0.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 12.1 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Log Hollow Overlook (MP 416.6) · 1 mi
- View Cherry Cove (MP 415.7) · 1 mi
- Looking Glass Rock Overlook · 1 mi
- Sliding Rock Viewpoint · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Upper Log Hollow Falls: 0.1 mi
- Discovery Falls: 0.2 mi
- Logging Road Falls: 0.3 mi
- Upper Logging Road Falls: 0.4 mi
- Big Bearpen Falls: 0.6 mi
- Bennett Knob: 0.8 mi
- South Spring Top: 1.0 mi
- Looking Glass Rock: 1.6 mi
- Seniard Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Buckwheat Knob: 1.8 mi
- Cradle of Forestry in America: 2.5 mi
- City of Brevard Sports Complex: 7.2 mi
- Franklin Park: 7.8 mi
- Silvermont Mansion Park: 7.9 mi
- Roy Taylor Forest: 11.8 mi
- Camp John Rock: 2.9 mi
- North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 5.7 mi
- Buck Springs Lodge foundation: 7.1 mi
- Ferin Fire Tower: 12.1 mi
- the "Big Gun" Clyde Veterans Memorial: 15.6 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 7.6 mi
- Rhododenron Garden: 15.5 mi
- Plant Professional Landscape Garden: 16.1 mi
- Plants of Promise Garden: 16.3 mi
- Bonsai Garden: 16.4 mi
- Berm Park: 14.4 mi
- Chief Junaluska: 17.0 mi
- Statue of Diana: 20.9 mi
- Chalice: 20.9 mi
- American Eclipse: 21.0 mi
- 1915 Climax Locomotive: 2.6 mi
- M1: 7.6 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 15.2 mi
- Historical Downtown: 15.4 mi
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.: 16.1 mi
- Horseshoe Rock: 10.7 mi
- Castle Rock: 10.7 mi
- Dunns Rock: 11.0 mi
- Bald Cliff: 13.4 mi
- River Cliffs: 14.6 mi
- Cradle of Forestry: 2.5 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 7.3 mi
- Canton Area Historical Museum: 14.6 mi
- Shook Museum: 15.7 mi
- Historic Johnson Farm: 17.0 mi
- Shining Rock Wilderness: 5.7 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 5.8 mi
- Cold Mountain Gameland: 7.9 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 20.3 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 20.4 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 6.3 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 6.8 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 16.5 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 16.8 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 17.2 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 17.3 mi
- Cool Spring: 17.4 mi
- Crystal Spring: 17.8 mi
- Lenox Spring: 19.1 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 10.6 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 21.3 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 15.0 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 15.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Log Hollow Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Balsam Knob | W 274° | 1,890 m | 3.8 mi |
| Tennent Mountain | WNW 285° | 1,846 m | 3.6 mi |
| Grassy Cove Top | WNW 298° | 1,844 m | 3.6 mi |
| Sam Knob | W 275° | 1,844 m | 4.9 mi |
| Shining Rock | NW 315° | 1,829 m | 4.3 mi |
| Silvermine Bald | WSW 256° | 1,822 m | 4.4 mi |
| Chestnut Bald | WSW 255° | 1,821 m | 4.7 mi |
| Cold Mountain | NNW 335° | 1,819 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:44 | 17:23 |
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 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 7.0 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 7.6 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 7.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brevard, 8 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Jul.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 160 | 169 | 178 | 171 | 144 | 112 | 95.2 | 98.7 | 100 | 97.7 | 109 | 138 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Davidson River Near Brevard, NC, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/550788376
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 23 mi
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