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Toccoa Falls

Toccoa Falls, a waterfall in Georgia
Toccoa Falls, a waterfall in GeorgiaFloNight (Sydney Poore) and Russell Poore · CC BY-SA 4.0
Toccoa Falls, a waterfall in Georgia
FloNight (Sydney Poore) and Russell Poore · CC BY-SA 4.0
Toccoa Falls, a waterfall in Georgia
FloNight (Sydney Poore) and Russell Poore · CC BY-SA 4.0
Toccoa Falls, a waterfall in Georgia
FloNight (Sydney Poore) and Russell Poore · CC BY-SA 4.0
Toccoa Falls, a waterfall in Georgia
Littleton View Co. -- Photographer · Public domain
Toccoa Falls, a waterfall in Georgia
Littleton View Co. -- Photographer · Public domain

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Toccoa Falls is a waterfall in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 283 m. Oakey Mountain stands 960 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Gathany Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 18 miles off.

About

The story

Toccoa Falls is a waterfall on Toccoa Creek with a vertical drop of 186 feet (57 m) on the campus of the University of Toccoa Falls in Stephens County, Georgia, United States. Toccoa comes from the Cherokee word "Tagwâ′hĭ", meaning "Catawba place" or "beautiful".

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q10842968, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Height
56.7 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.59619, -83.36050

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Alewine Park: 1.1 mi
  • Alewine Park: 1.2 mi
  • Henderson Falls Park: 1.6 mi
  • Locust Stake ORV Area: 2.1 mi
  • Leo Park: 3.2 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls: 57
  • Panther Creek Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Longnose Creek Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Boyer Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Battle Creek Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Little Brasstown Falls: 9.0 mi
Historic sites: 18
  • Camp Toccoa: 3.7 mi
  • Stephens County High School: 8.0 mi
  • Colonel Cleveland Monument: 9.6 mi
  • Leatherwood Baptist Church: 10.6 mi
  • Banks-Maxwell Cemetery: 11.2 mi
Attractions: 17
Museums: 15
  • Gathany Museum: 0.2 mi
  • Currahee Military Museum: 2.0 mi
  • Camp Toccoa: 3.7 mi
  • Travelers Rest: 7.0 mi
  • Giddings Cottage Museum: 9.5 mi
Beaches: 2
Rest areas: 2
Nature reserves: 2
  • Wilson Shoals WMA: 18.7 mi
  • Warwoman Wildlife Management Area: 23.3 mi
Gardens: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Big Red Apple: 11.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Tugaloo State Park: 17.6 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Toccoa Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakey MountainNW 315°960 m14.9 mi
Joe MountainNNW 331°917 m14.3 mi
Stamp KnobNNW 334°906 m14.0 mi
Seals KnobNNW 332°881 m15.2 mi
Pigeon MountainNW 323°862 m11.1 mi
Jameson MountainNNW 339°821 m15.3 mi
Flat Creek MountainNW 315°818 m13.9 mi
Stony MountainNW 322°817 m11.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:1219:45
June solstice06:2220:1320:50
September equinox07:2218:5919:32
December solstice07:3716:4917:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434653616976797873635246
Precip in5.55.05.44.64.15.14.25.74.64.84.45.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Toccoa, 2 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Apr, Sep–Nov — fullest in Feb, leanest in Jul.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs80.410710410377.165.342.852.910581.385.655.0

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Tallulah River AB Powerhouse, NR Tallulah Falls,ga, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/404574986

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