Slicking Falls
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Slicking Falls is a waterfall in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 639 m. Sassafras Mountain stands 1,087 m to the west, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Buzzard Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 3.1 miles off.
How to reach it
- 3.1 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 8.7 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 8.9 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- 13.6 mi off the Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 3 mi
- Chandler Rock Overlook · 6 mi
- Gorges Overlook · 14 mi
- Sliding Rock Viewpoint · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Jane Cantrell Falls: 2.0 mi
- Reece Place Falls: 2.7 mi
- Green Creek Falls: 2.8 mi
- Carrick Creek Falls: 3.0 mi
- Graveley Falls: 3.1 mi
- Table Rock State Park Historic District: 2.6 mi
- Table Rock State Park Headquarters and Visitor Center: 3.9 mi
- Champion Park: 8.3 mi
- DuPont State Forest Visitors Center: 9.2 mi
- Silvermont Mansion Park: 10.7 mi
- Buzzard Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Brushy Knob: 0.6 mi
- Rocky Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Little Table Rock Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Slicking Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Caesars Head Hotel: 5.0 mi
- Lake Wattacoo: 7.1 mi
- Jennings Mill: 9.2 mi
- Trestle ruins: 9.2 mi
- Echo Valley Amusement Park chairlift pillar concrete pad: 10.4 mi
- Springtime in TR: 16.8 mi
- Honey: 17.0 mi
- Softball statue: 18.2 mi
- Doughboy: 18.5 mi
- We all Need Safe Places To Walk and Ride: 19.9 mi
- The Real American Tea Museum: 3.4 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 11.1 mi
- Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts: 13.2 mi
- Pickens County Museum of Art & History: 13.5 mi
- History Museum of Travelers Rest: 17.2 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 10.7 mi
- English Garden: 13.2 mi
- Trail Roundabout: 18.2 mi
- Janie Earle Furman Rose Garden: 18.2 mi
- Asia Garden: 18.3 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 4.8 mi
- M1: 10.8 mi
- The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 13.4 mi
- Ride Rock Creek - Mountain Bike Park: 13.7 mi
- Old Southern 1046 rail car: 18.2 mi
- El Lieutenant: 3.2 mi
- Raven Cliff: 3.4 mi
- Dunns Rock: 7.3 mi
- Castle Rock: 7.7 mi
- Cleveland Cliff: 8.2 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
- South: 21.8 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 23.4 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 8.4 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 12.3 mi
- Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve: 18.2 mi
- Nalley Brown Nature Park: 19.8 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 22.4 mi
- Cool Spring: 9.9 mi
- Crystal Spring: 20.2 mi
- Lenox Spring: 20.8 mi
- Moody Spring: 23.6 mi
- Indian Spring: 24.3 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 14.0 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 18.6 mi
- North Beach: 20.3 mi
- South Beach: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of Slicking Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sassafras Mountain | W 259° | 1,087 m | 4.2 mi |
| Slick Rock Mountain | N 7° | 1,086 m | 7.1 mi |
| Hickorynut Mountain | WSW 243° | 1,063 m | 3.9 mi |
| Middle Mountain | N 8° | 1,044 m | 4.0 mi |
| Pinnacle Mountain | SW 216° | 1,041 m | 3.6 mi |
| Indian Camp Mountain | W 277° | 1,027 m | 5.0 mi |
| Coldbranch Mountain | NE 49° | 1,016 m | 2.2 mi |
| Slicking Mountain | NNE 20° | 1,013 m | 1.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:09 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 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 | 40 | 43 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 43 |
| Precip in | 6.8 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 6.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Table Rock, 4 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Feb, Apr–May — fullest in Jan, leanest in Jul.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 19.0 | 19.0 | 13.7 | 14.8 | 16.1 | 10.3 | 8.2 | 12.7 | 13.6 | 13.4 | 10.0 | 14.5 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Slicking Creek Near Rocky Bottom, SC, under a mile away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4020670669
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