Tom Branch Falls
Tom Branch Falls is a waterfall in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 560 m. Kuwohi stands 2,025 m to the north-northwest, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Juney Whank Falls, a waterfall 0.3 miles away. Nantahala Byway passes 2.0 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 15 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 7.5 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 7.7 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
- 7.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Oconaluftee River Overlook · 8 mi
- Charles A Webb Overlook · 9 mi
- Raven Fork Overlook (MP 467.9) · 9 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook #2 · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Juney Whank Falls: 0.3 mi
- Indian Creek Falls: 0.4 mi
- Little Creek Falls: 4.2 mi
- The Falls: 5.6 mi
- Rock Slab Falls: 6.9 mi
- Worley Knob: 0.8 mi
- Sharp Top: 1.6 mi
- Kelly Bennet Peak: 3.2 mi
- Coburn Knob: 3.2 mi
- Sunkota Ridge: 3.2 mi
- Harrah's Cherokee Convention Center: 7.1 mi
- Flat Branch boat launch: 7.1 mi
- Mandara Spa Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort: 7.4 mi
- The Fugitive Train Wreck: 11.5 mi
- Arch Rock: 11.9 mi
- Swain County Recreation Park: 2.2 mi
- Ela Tuckkasegee River Public Access: 2.3 mi
- Bryson City Island Park: 2.5 mi
- MacNeill Park: 2.7 mi
- Riverfront Park: 2.8 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Museum: 2.6 mi
- Swain County Visitor Center and Heritage Museum: 2.8 mi
- Fly Fishing Museum of the Southern Appalachians: 2.8 mi
- Oconaluftee Indian Village: 6.2 mi
- Museum of the Cherokee Indian: 6.5 mi
- Swain County War Dead Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Nimrod Jarett Smith: 6.4 mi
- Fort Harry: 12.2 mi
- Dills Cove Falls: 12.8 mi
- Charters of Freedom Monument: 12.9 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 11.1 mi
- The Jumpoff: 11.8 mi
- Alum Cave: 11.9 mi
- The Jump-up: 14.8 mi
- Ramsey Cliff: 15.2 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Area: 0.6 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Pavilion: 0.7 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- Heintooga Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 16.5 mi
- Selu Statue: 7.1 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 13.1 mi
- Moai Statue: 13.3 mi
- Sylva Mural: 13.3 mi
- Wi: 17.6 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 6.3 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 13.1 mi
- Annie Dee Leatherman Smith Memorial Garden: 14.4 mi
- Vista Gardens: 17.3 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 17.4 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 12.3 mi
- Greenbrier: 17.9 mi
- Nantahala National Forest: 19.4 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 20.5 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 21.2 mi
- Smoky Mountain Visitor Center: 24.6 mi
- Wine Spring: 22.0 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 23.8 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 24.5 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 19.4 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Tom Branch Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwohi | NNW 330° | 2,024.79 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mt. Buckley | NNW 327° | 2,004.12 m | 7.9 mi |
| Mount Love | NNW 333° | 1,955.79 m | 7.8 mi |
| Mount Collins | NNW 344° | 1,888.71 m | 8.6 mi |
| Andrews Bald | NW 324° | 1,801.11 m | 6.2 mi |
| Round Top Knob | NNW 343° | 1,573.61 m | 5.9 mi |
| Newton Bald | NE 37° | 1,571.14 m | 6.7 mi |
| Nettle Creek Bald | NNE 21° | 1,567.63 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:12 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:15 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:59 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:46 | 17:25 |
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 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 6.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bryson City 4, 2 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 2,028 | 2,294 | 2,489 | 2,184 | 1,764 | 1,384 | 1,245 | 1,138 | 988 | 944 | 1,092 | 1,649 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Tuckasegee River AT Bryson City, NC, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Inside the official boundary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Oct.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/2454566083
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