Toxaway Falls
Toxaway Falls is a waterfall in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 900 m. Toxaway Mountain stands 1,452 m to the west, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Twin Falls, a waterfall 0.4 miles away. Waterfall Byway runs past it.
The story
Hamlet in Transylvania County, North Carolina, United States.
Wikidata Q122556929, matched on coordinates and name (256 m apart).
What the record says
- Height
- 75 m
How to reach it
- On the Waterfall Byway
- 1.7 mi off the Whitewater Way
- 5.3 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- 10.3 mi off the Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Gorges Overlook · 2 mi
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 8 mi
- View Herrin Knob Overlook (MP 424.4) · 12 mi
- Wolf Mountain Overlook (MP 424.8) · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Twin Falls: 0.4 mi
- Indian Creek Falls: 1.1 mi
- Upper Indian Creek Falls: 1.2 mi
- Middle Indian Creek Falls: 1.3 mi
- Lower Indian Creek Falls: 1.3 mi
- Puncheon Camp Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Hawk Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Rocky Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Roundtop: 2.3 mi
- Chestnut Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Champion Park: 6.2 mi
- Wolf Creek Lake Access Area: 7.9 mi
- Silver Run Falls: 8.6 mi
- Bootleg Access Area: 9.3 mi
- McKinney Meadow: 9.4 mi
- Horseshoe Rock: 8.3 mi
- Sheep Cliff: 9.4 mi
- River Cliffs: 9.8 mi
- Chattooga Cliffs: 12.3 mi
- Onion Cliff: 12.5 mi
- North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 12.4 mi
- Camp John Rock: 13.6 mi
- Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 13.8 mi
- Caesars Head Hotel: 17.4 mi
- General Pickens Monument: 18.3 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 12.6 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 15.3 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 15.5 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 16.0 mi
- Brushy Face Preserve: 16.6 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 13.3 mi
- The Real American Tea Museum: 15.3 mi
- Highlands Nature Center: 15.4 mi
- Cradle of Forestry: 17.9 mi
- Fine Art Museum: 19.1 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 10.2 mi
- M1: 13.4 mi
- Judaculla Rock: 15.9 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 17.2 mi
- 1915 Climax Locomotive: 18.0 mi
- Ear: 18.8 mi
- Chalice: 19.0 mi
- American Eclipse: 19.1 mi
- Moai Statue: 23.8 mi
- Sylva Mural: 23.8 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 12.9 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 19.4 mi
- English Garden: 20.9 mi
- Common Gardening: 21.3 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 24.1 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 5.6 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 10.7 mi
- North Beach: 19.8 mi
- South Beach: 21.3 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
- South: 21.3 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 22.3 mi
- Cool Spring: 4.3 mi
- Moody Spring: 15.3 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 23.5 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Toxaway Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toxaway Mountain | W 281° | 1,452 m | 3.0 mi |
| Cold Mountain | NW 313° | 1,414 m | 4.3 mi |
| Little Hogback Mountain | WNW 282° | 1,392 m | 4.8 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | WNW 282° | 1,386 m | 4.8 mi |
| Blackrock Mountain | WNW 302° | 1,370 m | 6.4 mi |
| Panthertail Mountain | NW 319° | 1,365 m | 3.8 mi |
| Shelton Pisgah Mountain | NW 317° | 1,365 m | 4.8 mi |
| Big Pisgah Mountain | NNW 327° | 1,342 m | 4.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:44 |
| 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, 2 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/406175540
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