Mingo Falls
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Mingo Falls is a waterfall in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 764 m. Waterrock Knob stands 1,904 m to the east-southeast, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Mountain Farm Museum, a museum 2.1 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.9 miles off.
The story
Mingo Falls is a 120 ft (37 m) high waterfall located in the Qualla Boundary—a land trust of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians—near the town of Cherokee, Swain County, North Carolina in the Blue Ridge Mountains of the eastern United States. The waterfall is among the tallest in the southern Appalachians.
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Wikidata Q22975572, matched on coordinates and name (31 m apart).
What the record says
- Height
- 36.6 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 1.5 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 7.9 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 16.9 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Barnett Knob: 2.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Mount Clark: 3.0 mi
- Mount Stand Watie: 3.3 mi
- Fox Knob: 3.4 mi
- Buckshot Falls: 4.1 mi
- Fountain Branch Falls: 4.1 mi
- Big Boy Falls: 4.3 mi
- Chasteen Creek Cascade: 4.3 mi
- Great Blue Heron Falls: 4.4 mi
- Acquoni Road Family Park: 3.6 mi
- ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ ᎤᎾᏓᎪᎾᏙᏗᏱ;Cherokee Indian Fair Grounds: 4.1 mi
- ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᎤᏂᏲᏏᏙᎸ ᎨᏥᎸᏉᏗᏍᎬ;Cherokee Veterans Park: 4.2 mi
- Oconaluftee Park: 4.2 mi
- Norman Maney Recreation Park: 6.9 mi
- Mandara Spa Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort: 4.6 mi
- Harrah's Cherokee Convention Center: 4.6 mi
- Soco Falls Overlook: 6.5 mi
- Soco Craft & Tower Inc: 8.0 mi
- The Fugitive Train Wreck: 11.2 mi
- Nimrod Jarett Smith: 4.2 mi
- Masonic Monument: 5.8 mi
- 1983 Plane Crash: 9.3 mi
- Ghost Town Village: 9.6 mi
- Lyn Lowry Cross: 10.4 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 2.1 mi
- Museum of the Cherokee Indian: 4.0 mi
- Oconaluftee Indian Village: 4.1 mi
- Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum: 11.2 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Museum: 11.9 mi
- Cliff: 8.9 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 8.9 mi
- The Jumpoff: 9.5 mi
- Alum Cave: 12.1 mi
- Cat Stairs: 14.1 mi
- Selu Statue: 4.6 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 11.2 mi
- Sylva Mural: 11.3 mi
- Moai Statue: 11.3 mi
- Wi: 16.1 mi
- Heintooga Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Pavilion: 10.4 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 13.4 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 4.3 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 11.2 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 15.7 mi
- Susanna Wesley Garden: 16.9 mi
- Vista Gardens: 17.8 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 13.1 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 13.6 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 17.7 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 20.9 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 14.7 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 15.8 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 21.8 mi
- Whiteoak Spring: 23.9 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 14.8 mi
- Greenbrier: 14.8 mi
- Cold Mountain Gameland: 22.5 mi
- Shining Rock Wilderness: 24.9 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 13.2 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 16.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Mingo Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterrock Knob | ESE 121° | 1,904 m | 9.0 mi |
| Mount Ambler | NW 314° | 1,865.34 m | 9.2 mi |
| Yellow Face | SE 129° | 1,833 m | 8.9 mi |
| Cataloochee Balsam | ENE 58° | 1,819 m | 6.5 mi |
| Balsam Mountain | ENE 58° | 1,811.24 m | 6.5 mi |
| Chiltoes Mountain | NE 47° | 1,796.1 m | 6.8 mi |
| Blackrock Mountain | SE 137° | 1,751 m | 8.2 mi |
| Masa Knob | NW 321° | 1,733.54 m | 9.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:11 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:15 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:58 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:45 | 17:24 |
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 | 36 | 40 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oconaluftee, 2 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 717 | 812 | 836 | 716 | 550 | 417 | 382 | 327 | 275 | 268 | 381 | 599 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Oconaluftee River AT Birdtown, NC, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/547288692
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