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Pocket Creek Falls

Pocket Creek Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Pocket Creek Falls is a waterfall in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 448 m. Ross Mountain stands 715 m to the north-northwest, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Bridge Creek Falls, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 3.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Width
15 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates35.22970, -85.55570

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Whitwell Park: 3.0 mi
  • Marion County Veterans Memorial Park: 3.1 mi
  • Appalachian Conservation Institute: 3.8 mi
  • Crossroads Park: 5.4 mi
  • Blowing Spring Park: 7.9 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls: 41
  • Bridge Creek Falls: 0.1 mi
  • Small Falls 10: 7.5 mi
  • Horsehair Falls 80: 7.5 mi
  • Foster Falls 60: 7.6 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 8.4 mi
Attractions: 36
  • Corn Maze: 7.9 mi
  • Danny Cove: 10.0 mi
  • The Suck: 12.0 mi
  • Jeep: 12.3 mi
  • UH-1: 12.3 mi
Cliffs: 31
Historic sites: 29
Museums: 17
Springs: 16
  • Pryor Cave Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Burnt Cabin Springhouse: 13.1 mi
  • Schwoon Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Obar Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Wildcat Spring: 18.9 mi
Artworks: 11
Nature reserves: 8
Gardens: 6
Picnic sites: 4
  • Foster Falls Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
  • Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 22.7 mi
  • Picnic Pavilion: 23.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Saddleback Platform: 9.7 mi
  • Tennessee Welcome Center: 14.0 mi
  • Grundy Count Rest Area - East Bound: 17.2 mi
  • Grundy Count Rest Area - West Bound: 17.3 mi
Beaches: 4
Natural arches: 2
  • Natural Bridge: 12.7 mi
  • Sewanee Natural Bridge: 21.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Pocket Creek Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ross MountainNNW 347°715 m8.6 mi
Bunker HillNNE 17°703 m9.3 mi
Lockhart HillNNE 15°694 m16.4 mi
Buck KnobNE 50°693 m19.5 mi
Price MountainNNE 11°689 m15.6 mi
Flat MountainNNE 22°684 m13.9 mi
Wolfpen MountainNNE 17°664 m17.9 mi
Stocker HillNNW 331°654 m9.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:2118:54
June solstice05:2919:2320:01
September equinox06:3118:0718:41
December solstice06:4815:5516:34

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404452606775787872615143
Precip in5.85.46.06.04.55.35.65.14.03.95.26.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitwell-sequatchie VLY, 6 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Apr — fullest in Feb, leanest in Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs1,3371,5831,5761,2387213523052091971954631,063

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Sequatchie River Near Whitwell, TN, 4 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/2232199446

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