Middle Fork Rock Creek Falls
Middle Fork Rock Creek Falls is a waterfall in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 1,416 m. Mount Mitchell stands 2,038 m to the west, 0.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds, a picnic site 0.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 3.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 24 m
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 11.3 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 14.7 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 16.1 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Mitchell: 0.8 mi
- Little Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Commissary Hill: 0.9 mi
- Mount Craig: 1.0 mi
- Big Tom: 1.1 mi
- Setrock Creek Falls: 1.7 mi
- Middle Creek Falls: 1.9 mi
- Squawroot Falls: 1.9 mi
- Lower Middle Creek Falls: 1.9 mi
- Mitchell Falls: 1.9 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Recreation Area: 3.8 mi
- Toe River Campground: 7.8 mi
- Andrews Geyser: 8.0 mi
- Welsh Field: 9.0 mi
- Old Fort Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 10.2 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 10.3 mi
- Yancey County Veterans Memorial: 10.8 mi
- Yancey County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 10.8 mi
- Otway Burns: 10.8 mi
- Friends: 10.7 mi
- Stream: 10.7 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 10.7 mi
- Black Mountain Range: 10.7 mi
- Rock Bridge: 10.8 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 5.7 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 10.1 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 10.3 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 10.9 mi
- Gem Mountain Gemstone Mine: 13.4 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 0.8 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 10.2 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 10.4 mi
- The Lloyd Bailey Annex: 10.8 mi
- McElroy House: 10.9 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 5.3 mi
- Terrace garden: 5.3 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 5.3 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 12.1 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 13.3 mi
- Rocky Knob: 5.2 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 7.7 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 8.1 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 19.5 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 20.2 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 7.1 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 18.9 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 22.9 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 23.0 mi
- Roan High Bluff: 23.3 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 4.3 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 4.5 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 12.6 mi
- Gully Pipe: 20.0 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 20.5 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 0.8 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 3.8 mi
- Linville Falls Picnic Area: 22.8 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 14.5 mi
- Boat beach: 20.9 mi
- Swimming beach: 20.9 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 15.7 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 15.7 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 15.7 mi
- Lost Cove: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of Middle Fork Rock Creek Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Mitchell | W 264° | 2,038 m | 0.8 mi |
| Mount Craig | NW 321° | 2,023 m | 1.0 mi |
| Balsam Cone | N 349° | 2,007 m | 1.6 mi |
| Big Tom | NNW 331° | 2,002 m | 1.1 mi |
| Cattail Peak | N 350° | 1,986 m | 2.2 mi |
| Clingmans Peak | SW 223° | 1,981 m | 2.9 mi |
| Mount Gibbes | SW 226° | 1,971 m | 2.7 mi |
| Potato Knob | SW 222° | 1,946 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:40 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 32 | 41 | 50 | 56 | 60 | 59 | 54 | 45 | 36 | 30 |
| Precip in | 7.5 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Mitchell, 1 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Jul.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 164 | 174 | 202 | 184 | 163 | 123 | 88.6 | 96.9 | 145 | 130 | 140 | 146 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge South Toe River Near Celo, NC, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6616787643
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