Sky Falls
Sky Falls is a waterfall in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 406 m. Toxaway Mountain stands 1,452 m to the northwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Ford Falls, a waterfall 0.3 miles away. Waterfall Byway passes 4.1 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 45 m
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 5.3 mi off the Whitewater Way
- 5.9 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- 7.5 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Gorges Overlook · 4 mi
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 8 mi
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 11 mi
- Chandler Rock Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Indian Ford Falls: 0.3 mi
- Rock Creek Falls: 0.3 mi
- Toxaway Shoals: 0.7 mi
- Bearpen Falls: 0.8 mi
- Great Falls: 0.8 mi
- Grindstone Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Round Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Flatrock Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Crossroads Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Cane Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Bootleg Access Area: 6.0 mi
- Champion Park: 6.3 mi
- Dug Mountain Angler Access Area: 7.5 mi
- Table Rock State Park Historic District: 9.9 mi
- Camp Cedar Creek: 10.0 mi
- Dunns Rock: 12.0 mi
- Castle Rock: 12.3 mi
- El Lieutenant: 12.7 mi
- Raven Cliff: 13.1 mi
- Horseshoe Rock: 13.1 mi
- Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 13.3 mi
- Caesars Head Hotel: 14.7 mi
- Camp John Rock: 16.0 mi
- General Pickens Monument: 16.3 mi
- North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 16.5 mi
- The Real American Tea Museum: 11.1 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 14.2 mi
- Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts: 15.8 mi
- Pickens County Museum of Art & History: 16.0 mi
- Highlands Nature Center: 17.6 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 14.1 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 17.6 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 17.7 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 18.0 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 18.2 mi
- M1: 14.1 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 14.4 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 15.3 mi
- The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 15.8 mi
- 1915 Climax Locomotive: 20.6 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 6.8 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 10.5 mi
- North Beach: 15.8 mi
- South Beach: 17.4 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 13.7 mi
- English Garden: 15.8 mi
- Common Gardening: 17.3 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 24.5 mi
- Cool Spring: 1.0 mi
- Moody Spring: 14.5 mi
- Indian Spring: 22.3 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
- South: 17.4 mi
- Ear: 23.8 mi
- Chalice: 24.0 mi
- American Eclipse: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Sky Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toxaway Mountain | NW 308° | 1,452 m | 7.5 mi |
| Rainy Knobs | WNW 286° | 1,157 m | 7.3 mi |
| Rocky Knobs | WNW 282° | 1,139 m | 5.8 mi |
| Sassafras Mountain | E 90° | 1,087 m | 5.7 mi |
| Puncheon Camp Mountain | NW 311° | 1,083 m | 5.6 mi |
| Hickorynut Mountain | E 99° | 1,063 m | 6.4 mi |
| Roundtop | WNW 300° | 1,051 m | 5.5 mi |
| Indian Camp Mountain | ENE 73° | 1,027 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 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 | 37 | 40 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 8.7 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 8.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Toxaway 2 SW, 5 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 290 | 314 | 322 | 317 | 264 | 214 | 180 | 183 | 177 | 178 | 205 | 256 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge French Broad River AT Rosman, NC, 6 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/9656705576
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