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Upper Falls

Upper Falls, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates35.31822, -82.86689

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
Parks
  • 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
Gardens: 26
  • 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
Historic sites: 21
  • 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
Cliffs: 20
Attractions: 19
  • 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
Artworks: 15
  • Berm Park: 15.3 mi
  • Chief Junaluska: 15.8 mi
  • Chalice: 17.6 mi
  • American Eclipse: 17.6 mi
  • Wi: 17.8 mi
Museums: 11
  • 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
Nature reserves: 7
Picnic sites: 5
  • 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
Rest areas: 4
Beaches: 3
  • Sandbar Pool Beach: 13.3 mi
  • Lake Powhatan Beach: 17.7 mi
  • Sandstone Beach: 24.2 mi
Springs: 3
  • Cool Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 21.1 mi
  • Lenox Spring: 22.4 mi
Covered bridges: 2
  • Mountain Springs Lane: 12.6 mi
  • Covered Bridge Trail: 19.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Upper Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black Balsam KnobNNW 327°1,890 m0.8 mi
Mount HardyWSW 253°1,866 m3.6 mi
Reinhart KnobWNW 289°1,856 m6.6 mi
Tennent MountainN 355°1,846 m1.3 mi
Sam KnobWNW 296°1,844 m1.8 mi
Grassy Cove TopN 4°1,844 m2.1 mi
Shining RockN 4°1,829 m3.5 mi
Silvermine BaldSW 235°1,822 m1.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1019:43
June solstice06:1820:1320:50
September equinox07:2018:5619:30
December solstice07:3716:4417:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374047556370737266564639
Precip in7.05.45.95.85.66.86.37.66.16.15.97.1

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs13014815013310878.360.757.767.973.088.8117

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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/2420273336

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