Upper Falls
Upper Falls is a waterfall in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 1,626 m. Black Balsam Knob stands 1,890 m to the north-northwest, 0.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Fork River Bald, a peak 0.4 miles away. Forest Heritage Scenic Byway passes 2.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 15 m
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- On the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 4.2 mi off the Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway, National
- 11.9 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- East Fork Overlook · 2 mi
- Fetterbush Overlook (MP 421.7) · 2 mi
- View Devils Courthouse (MP 422.4) · 2 mi
- Looking Glass Rock Overlook · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Upper Dark Prong Falls: 1.1 mi
- Twin Boulder Falls: 1.1 mi
- Second Falls: 1.2 mi
- Yellowstone Falls: 1.5 mi
- Shuck Ridge Creek Falls: 1.6 mi
- Fork River Bald: 0.4 mi
- Black Balsam Knob: 0.8 mi
- Silvermine Bald: 1.1 mi
- Tennent Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Chestnut Bald: 1.5 mi
- Cradle of Forestry in America: 5.5 mi
- Roy Taylor Forest: 8.4 mi
- Canada Community Park: 9.7 mi
- Wolf Creek Lake Access Area: 9.9 mi
- Silvermont Mansion Park: 9.9 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 9.4 mi
- Rhododenron Garden: 14.7 mi
- Susanna Wesley Garden: 15.8 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 17.7 mi
- Plant Professional Landscape Garden: 18.7 mi
- North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 2.4 mi
- Camp John Rock: 4.8 mi
- Buck Springs Lodge foundation: 9.4 mi
- Ferin Fire Tower: 14.6 mi
- the "Big Gun" Clyde Veterans Memorial: 15.1 mi
- Horseshoe Rock: 7.8 mi
- Bald Cliff: 10.1 mi
- River Cliffs: 11.5 mi
- Castle Rock: 12.3 mi
- Dunns Rock: 12.5 mi
- 1915 Climax Locomotive: 5.7 mi
- M1: 9.6 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 12.1 mi
- Historical Downtown: 13.7 mi
- Judaculla Rock: 13.8 mi
- Berm Park: 15.3 mi
- Chief Junaluska: 15.8 mi
- Chalice: 17.6 mi
- American Eclipse: 17.6 mi
- Ear: 17.8 mi
- Cradle of Forestry: 5.5 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 9.3 mi
- Canton Area Historical Museum: 14.9 mi
- Shook Museum: 15.0 mi
- Fine Art Museum: 17.9 mi
- Shining Rock Wilderness: 4.9 mi
- Cold Mountain Gameland: 6.4 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 7.5 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 22.6 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 23.4 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 9.1 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
- Heintooga Picnic Area: 24.9 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 14.1 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 14.3 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 20.4 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 20.5 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 13.3 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 17.7 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 24.2 mi
- Cool Spring: 16.6 mi
- Crystal Spring: 21.1 mi
- Lenox Spring: 22.4 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 12.6 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 19.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Upper Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Balsam Knob | NNW 327° | 1,890 m | 0.8 mi |
| Mount Hardy | WSW 253° | 1,866 m | 3.6 mi |
| Reinhart Knob | WNW 289° | 1,856 m | 6.6 mi |
| Tennent Mountain | N 355° | 1,846 m | 1.3 mi |
| Sam Knob | WNW 296° | 1,844 m | 1.8 mi |
| Grassy Cove Top | N 4° | 1,844 m | 2.1 mi |
| Shining Rock | N 4° | 1,829 m | 3.5 mi |
| Silvermine Bald | SW 235° | 1,822 m | 1.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:13 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:44 | 17:23 |
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 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 7.0 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 7.6 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 7.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brevard, 10 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 130 | 148 | 150 | 133 | 108 | 78.3 | 60.7 | 57.7 | 67.9 | 73.0 | 88.8 | 117 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge W F Pigeon R Above Lake Logan NR Hazelwood, NC, 7 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/2420273336
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 25 mi
Take the scenic way to Upper Falls.
Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.