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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

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Coordinates35.22970, -85.55570

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 56
  • 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
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
Historic sites: 28
Cliffs: 27
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
Museums: 16
Artworks: 11
Nature reserves: 8
Gardens: 5
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
Picnic sites: 3
  • Foster Falls Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 22.7 mi
  • Picnic Pavilion: 23.3 mi
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 20.7 miles of Pocket Creek Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ross MountainNNW715 m8.6 mi
Bunker HillNNE703 m9.3 mi
Lockhart HillNNE694 m16.4 mi
Price MountainNNE689 m15.6 mi
Flat MountainNNE684 m13.9 mi
Wolfpen MountainNNE664 m17.9 mi
Stocker HillNNW654 m9.4 mi
Black MountainNNE649 m20.0 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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