Second Falls
Second Falls is a waterfall in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 1,520 m. Black Balsam Knob stands 1,890 m to the west-northwest, 1.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Yellowstone Falls, a waterfall 0.4 miles away. Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway passes 3.1 miles off.
The story
valley in North Carolina, United States
Wikidata Q5597948, linked from the OpenStreetMap record's article tag.
What the record says
- Height
- 20 m
How to reach it
- 3.1 mi off the Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway, National
- 3.1 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- On the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 12.0 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- East Fork Overlook · 1 mi
- Looking Glass Rock Overlook · 1 mi
- Log Hollow Overlook (MP 416.6) · 2 mi
- View Cherry Cove (MP 415.7) · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Yellowstone Falls: 0.4 mi
- Serpentine Falls: 0.6 mi
- Skinny Dip Falls: 0.7 mi
- Upper Dark Prong Falls: 0.9 mi
- Dark Prong Falls: 0.9 mi
- Seniard Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Fork River Bald: 1.0 mi
- South Spring Top: 1.3 mi
- Black Balsam Knob: 1.6 mi
- Tennent Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Cradle of Forestry in America: 4.3 mi
- City of Brevard Sports Complex: 9.0 mi
- Silvermont Mansion Park: 9.2 mi
- Franklin Park: 9.2 mi
- Roy Taylor Forest: 9.5 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 8.8 mi
- Rhododenron Garden: 14.8 mi
- Susanna Wesley Garden: 16.0 mi
- Plant Professional Landscape Garden: 17.7 mi
- Plants of Promise Garden: 18.0 mi
- North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 3.5 mi
- Camp John Rock: 4.1 mi
- Buck Springs Lodge foundation: 8.4 mi
- Ferin Fire Tower: 13.6 mi
- the "Big Gun" Clyde Veterans Memorial: 15.0 mi
- Berm Park: 14.8 mi
- Chief Junaluska: 16.0 mi
- Chalice: 18.7 mi
- American Eclipse: 18.8 mi
- Wi: 18.9 mi
- 1915 Climax Locomotive: 4.6 mi
- M1: 9.0 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 13.2 mi
- Historical Downtown: 14.1 mi
- Judaculla Rock: 14.9 mi
- Horseshoe Rock: 8.8 mi
- Bald Cliff: 11.2 mi
- Castle Rock: 11.8 mi
- Dunns Rock: 12.0 mi
- River Cliffs: 12.6 mi
- Cradle of Forestry: 4.3 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 8.6 mi
- Canton Area Historical Museum: 14.6 mi
- Shook Museum: 15.0 mi
- Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum: 18.5 mi
- Shining Rock Wilderness: 4.7 mi
- Cold Mountain Gameland: 6.7 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 6.9 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 21.9 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 22.3 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 8.2 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 14.8 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 15.0 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 19.3 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 19.4 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 14.2 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 16.6 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 24.6 mi
- Cool Spring: 16.9 mi
- Crystal Spring: 20.0 mi
- Lenox Spring: 21.3 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 11.7 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 20.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Second Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Balsam Knob | WNW 284° | 1,890 m | 1.6 mi |
| Mount Hardy | WSW 254° | 1,866 m | 4.7 mi |
| Tennent Mountain | NW 310° | 1,846 m | 1.6 mi |
| Grassy Cove Top | NNW 332° | 1,844 m | 2.0 mi |
| Sam Knob | W 281° | 1,844 m | 2.7 mi |
| Shining Rock | NNW 345° | 1,829 m | 3.3 mi |
| Silvermine Bald | WSW 246° | 1,822 m | 2.2 mi |
| Chestnut Bald | WSW 245° | 1,821 m | 2.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:13 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:44 | 17:23 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 7.0 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 7.6 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 7.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brevard, 9 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 130 | 148 | 150 | 133 | 108 | 78.3 | 60.7 | 57.7 | 67.9 | 73.0 | 88.8 | 117 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge W F Pigeon R Above Lake Logan NR Hazelwood, NC, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaOpenStreetMap element node/1395369390
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- Asheville · 24 mi
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