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Slicking Falls

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Slicking Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Slicking Falls is a waterfall in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 639 m. Rich Mountain stands 1,119 m to the north, 7.0 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

Coordinates35.07641, -82.70427

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
  • 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
Parks
  • 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
Historic sites: 50
  • 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
Artworks: 48
Gardens: 21
  • Brevard Community Garden: 10.7 mi
  • Rose Garden: 13.2 mi
  • English Garden: 13.2 mi
  • Trail Roundabout: 18.2 mi
  • Janie Earle Furman Rose Garden: 18.2 mi
Museums: 20
Attractions: 14
  • 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
Cliffs: 13
Picnic sites: 8
  • 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
Nature reserves: 6
Springs: 5
Beaches: 4
  • 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 7.2 miles of Slicking Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rich MountainN 10°1,119 m7.0 mi
Sassafras MountainW 259°1,087 m4.2 mi
Slick Rock MountainN 7°1,086 m7.1 mi
Hickorynut MountainWSW 243°1,063 m3.9 mi
Middle MountainN 8°1,044 m4.0 mi
Pinnacle MountainSW 216°1,041 m3.6 mi
Indian Camp MountainW 277°1,027 m5.0 mi
Coldbranch MountainNE 49°1,016 m2.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:0919:43
June solstice06:1820:1120:49
September equinox07:2018:5619:29
December solstice07:3616:4417:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404350586674777671605043
Precip in6.85.36.25.25.05.26.16.45.35.25.36.5

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs19.019.013.714.816.110.38.212.713.613.410.014.5

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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4020670669

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