Lower Falls of Hills Creek
Lower Falls of Hills Creek is a waterfall in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 962 m. Big Spruce Knob stands 1,419 m to the northeast, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Middle Falls of Hills Creek, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. Highland Scenic Highway passes 0.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 19.2 m
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Highland Scenic Highway, National
- 22.5 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Little Laurel Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Point Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Rocky Knob: 1.5 mi
- Spruce Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Briery Knob: 2.1 mi
- Round Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Cranberry Glades Botanical Area: 4.2 mi
- Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park: 5.5 mi
- Cranberry Back Country: 6.2 mi
- Cranberry Wildlife Management Area: 8.3 mi
- Sterling Spencer Memorial Sculpture Garden: 11.3 mi
- Mill Run: 7.7 mi
- Sunset: 21.3 mi
- Alum Springs: 21.6 mi
- Brink: 22.7 mi
- McClung: 23.3 mi
- Middle Falls of Hills Creek: 0.1 mi
- Upper Falls of Hills Creek: 0.3 mi
- Rudolph Falls: 11.5 mi
- Richwood Area Chamber of Commerce: 11.4 mi
- Bubble Cave Preserve: 11.7 mi
- Lost World Caverns: 24.3 mi
- North Bend Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
- Bolar Mountain Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
- Hillsboro: 7.3 mi
- T. M. Cheeks: 12.4 mi
- Beartown State Park: 9.0 mi
- Fred E. Brooks Memorial Arboretum: 11.1 mi
- Locust Creek Spring: 6.1 mi
- Pearl S Buck Birthplace: 7.4 mi
- Lumberjack Muffler Man Statue: 11.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Lower Falls of Hills Creek. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Spruce Knob | NE 49° | 1,419 m | 9.4 mi |
| Black Mountain | NE 51° | 1,403 m | 6.8 mi |
| Barlow Top | ENE 57° | 1,384 m | 7.1 mi |
| Briery Knob | SSW 195° | 1,377 m | 2.1 mi |
| Rocky Knob | SW 223° | 1,355 m | 1.5 mi |
| Sugar Creek Mountain | NNE 26° | 1,355 m | 10.3 mi |
| High Rock | ENE 73° | 1,347 m | 7.5 mi |
| Blue Knob | E 87° | 1,340 m | 3.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:09 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:24 | 17:05 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 58 | 65 | 69 | 68 | 63 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richwood 1sse, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6765374743
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