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Toxaway Falls

Toxaway Falls, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates35.12401, -82.93117

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
  • 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
Parks: 58
  • 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
Cliffs: 21
Historic sites: 19
  • 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
Nature reserves: 9
Museums: 9
Attractions: 8
  • 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
Gardens: 7
  • Brevard Community Garden: 12.9 mi
  • Cullowhee Community Garden: 19.4 mi
  • Rose Garden: 20.9 mi
  • English Garden: 20.9 mi
  • Common Gardening: 21.3 mi
Artworks: 7
  • Ear: 18.8 mi
  • Chalice: 19.0 mi
  • American Eclipse: 19.1 mi
  • Wi: 19.2 mi
  • Moai Statue: 23.8 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Sandbar Pool Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Sandstone Beach: 10.7 mi
  • North Beach: 19.8 mi
  • South Beach: 21.3 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Springs: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • 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 7.0 miles of Toxaway Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Toxaway MountainW 281°1,452 m3.0 mi
Cold MountainNW 313°1,414 m4.3 mi
Little Hogback MountainWNW 282°1,392 m4.8 mi
Hogback MountainWNW 282°1,386 m4.8 mi
Blackrock MountainWNW 302°1,370 m6.4 mi
Panthertail MountainNW 319°1,365 m3.8 mi
Shelton Pisgah MountainNW 317°1,365 m4.8 mi
Big Pisgah MountainNNW 327°1,342 m4.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1019:44
June solstice06:1920:1220:50
September equinox07:2018:5719:30
December solstice07:3716:4517:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374046546268717065554640
Precip in8.77.17.87.47.07.89.48.99.46.77.78.6

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs290314322317264214180183177178205256

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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/406175540

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