Reedy River Falls
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Reedy River Falls is a waterfall in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 268 m. Caesars Head Mountain stands 980 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Falls Lake Fall, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 17 miles off.
The story
Falls Park on the Reedy is a 32-acre (130,000 m2) park adjacent to downtown Greenville, South Carolina, in the historic West End district. Considered the birthplace of Greenville, the park was founded in 1967 when the Carolina Foothills Garden Club reclaimed 26 acres (110,000 m2) of land that had been previously used by textile mills. Renovation accelerated in the late 1990s under Mayor Knox H. White, prompting the formation of the Falls Park Endowment, a private charity supporting ongoing development. Each summer the park is home to the Upstate Shakespeare Festival. The park's most striking feature is a unique pedestrian bridge that curves around a waterfall on the Reedy River. Named the Liberty Bridge at Falls Park on the Reedy, the 355-foot (108 m) long suspension bridge is supported by cables on only one side, giving an unobstructed view of the falls. It was designed by Boston firm Rosales + Partners with German firm Schlaich Bergermann & Partner as structural engineers and completed in September 2004. It was awarded the Arthur G. Hayden medal for innovative design in 2005. Near the bridge, the Main Street entrance to the park is graced by Bryan Hunt's 16 ft (4.9 m) bronze sculpture Fall Lake Falls and contains a restaurant and other visitor amenities at the new Falls Park Center. The park also features a collection of public gardens and a wall from the original 1776 grist mill built on the site.
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Wikidata Q7306782, matched on coordinates and name (63 m apart).
What the record says
- Height
- 8.54 m
- Width
- 16 m
How to reach it
- 16.8 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 26.2 mi off the Pacolet River Byway
- 27.8 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Chandler Rock Overlook · 20 mi
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 21 mi
- Glassy Mountain Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Falls Lake Fall: 0.1 mi
- Charles Townes Statue: 0.1 mi
- Ten Artispheres: 0.1 mi
- American Dog: 0.1 mi
- Tandem Lovers: 0.1 mi
- Lower Reedy River Falls: 0.1 mi
- Arboretum Falls: 0.2 mi
- Rock Quarry Falls: 0.5 mi
- Conestee Falls: 5.9 mi
- Adams Creek Falls: 17.4 mi
- Falls Park: 0.1 mi
- Sue Simpson Garden Park: 0.2 mi
- Cancer Survivors Park: 0.3 mi
- McDaniel Green Garden @ Cleveland Park: 0.5 mi
- Rock Quarry Garden: 0.5 mi
- Richard W. "Dick" Riley: 0.2 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Major Rudolf Anderson, Jr. Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Buncombe Road Historical Plaque: 0.6 mi
- Max Heller Statue: 0.6 mi
- Piney Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Butler Hill: 3.6 mi
- Roper Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Paris Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Arial Mountain: 12.7 mi
- Harriet's Garden: 0.2 mi
- The Shaw Garden: 0.2 mi
- Pedrick's Garden: 0.2 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 0.4 mi
- Prospect Hill Plaza: 0.5 mi
- Greenville Glides: 0.6 mi
- Kilgore-Lewis House: 0.8 mi
- Steamer Car: 4.0 mi
- Roper Mountain Science Center: 5.2 mi
- Old Southern 1046 rail car: 5.8 mi
- Picnic Tables Area: 2.1 mi
- Pavilion 2: 2.6 mi
- Pavilion 1: 2.6 mi
- Commons Building Outdoor seating area: 5.9 mi
- Twin Bridges Pavilion: 11.2 mi
- Nalley Brown Nature Park: 12.7 mi
- South Tyger River Blueways Tract: 15.5 mi
- Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve: 19.7 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 20.3 mi
- Cragmoor Farms: 24.8 mi
- Glassy Rock: 20.5 mi
- Cleveland Cliff: 22.2 mi
- Raven Cliff: 22.6 mi
- El Lieutenant: 23.1 mi
- Chick Springs: 8.6 mi
- Greythorne Retention Pond: 10.1 mi
- Mineral Spring: 16.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Reedy River Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caesars Head Mountain | NW 325° | 980 m | 22.1 mi |
| Table Rock | NW 310° | 953 m | 22.3 mi |
| Corbin Mountain | N 355° | 924 m | 22.4 mi |
| Rich Mountain | N 10° | 922 m | 21.8 mi |
| Bryant Mountain | N 8° | 921 m | 20.9 mi |
| Panther Mountain | N 352° | 879 m | 22.3 mi |
| The Stool | NW 311° | 797 m | 21.8 mi |
| Little Pinnacle Mountain | NNW 332° | 792 m | 21.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:17 | 20:10 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:44 | 17:23 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 43 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenville, 3 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Apr — fullest in Mar, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 99.9 | 110 | 119 | 102 | 79.1 | 64.4 | 62.8 | 61.6 | 57.4 | 57.9 | 63.9 | 84.7 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Reedy River Near Greenville, SC, 4 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/446428577
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