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Upper Falls of Seneca Creek

Upper Falls of Seneca Creek, seen from above at true elevation

Upper Falls of Seneca Creek is a waterfall in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 957 m. Spruce Knob stands 1,482 m to the south-southwest, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Small waterfall, a waterfall 0.3 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 19 miles off.

Waterfall, swimming hole.

How to reach it

Coordinates38.76766, -79.50829

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 39
Springs: 10
  • Spruce Mountain Spring: 5.8 mi
  • Lorraine Burke Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Ernest Carr Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Pat Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Locust Spring: 14.5 mi
Waterfalls: 7
Attractions: 7
  • Seneca Caverns: 6.4 mi
  • Treasure Mountain: 15.8 mi
  • Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 21.6 mi
  • Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 23.0 mi
  • Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 23.8 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Southern Pillar: 8.8 mi
  • Seneca Rocks: 8.8 mi
  • Seneca Rocks: 8.9 mi
  • Lower Slabs: 9.0 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 12.3 mi
Historic sites: 5
  • 1971 Plane Crash Site: 0.6 mi
  • Wilson Monument: 20.1 mi
  • Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 20.9 mi
  • Camp Bartow Historic Site: 21.4 mi
  • Elkins Roundhouse: 21.5 mi
Museums: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 2
Artworks: 1
  • H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 21.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Upper Falls of Seneca Creek. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spruce KnobSSW 196°1,482 m4.9 mi
Mount Porte CrayonNNE 14°1,452 m11.5 mi
Green KnobNNE 21°1,424 m9.7 mi
Pharis KnobWSW 254°1,410 m6.7 mi
Kile KnobS 172°1,395 m10.6 mi
Haystack KnobNNE 22°1,376 m10.2 mi
Horse RockSSE 158°1,374 m1.1 mi
Job KnobN 354°1,353 m7.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2218:5519:30
June solstice05:5420:0720:47
September equinox07:0618:4219:17
December solstice07:3316:1817:00

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252835465563666659483830
Precip in4.54.04.85.26.25.05.74.14.53.73.34.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glady 1 N, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7674548071

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