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Middle Fork Rock Creek Falls

Middle Fork Rock Creek Falls, seen from above at true elevation

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.

The record

What the record says

Height
24 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.76620, -82.25057

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
  • 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
Parks
Historic sites: 32
  • 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
Artworks: 24
  • Friends: 10.7 mi
  • Stream: 10.7 mi
  • Petal & Leaves: 10.7 mi
  • Black Mountain Range: 10.7 mi
  • Rock Bridge: 10.8 mi
Attractions: 20
  • 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
Museums: 18
Gardens: 16
Nature reserves: 9
Cliffs: 7
Springs: 5
Picnic sites: 3
  • Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 0.8 mi
  • Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 3.8 mi
  • Linville Falls Picnic Area: 22.8 mi
Beaches: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 15.7 mi
  • Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 15.7 mi
  • McDowell County Rest Area: 15.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MitchellW 264°2,038 m0.8 mi
Mount CraigNW 321°2,023 m1.0 mi
Balsam ConeN 349°2,007 m1.6 mi
Big TomNNW 331°2,002 m1.1 mi
Cattail PeakN 350°1,986 m2.2 mi
Clingmans PeakSW 223°1,981 m2.9 mi
Mount GibbesSW 226°1,971 m2.7 mi
Potato KnobSW 222°1,946 m3.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0719:41
June solstice06:1420:1120:49
September equinox07:1818:5419:28
December solstice07:3616:4017:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252732415056605954453630
Precip in7.55.67.26.56.15.56.97.78.86.36.26.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Mitchell, 1 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Jul.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs16417420218416312388.696.9145130140146

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.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6616787643

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