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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

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 38
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
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
Cliffs: 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 12.7 miles of Upper Falls of Seneca Creek. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spruce KnobSSW1,482 m4.9 mi
Mount Porte CrayonNNE1,452 m11.5 mi
Green KnobNNE1,424 m9.7 mi
Pharis KnobWSW1,410 m6.7 mi
Kile KnobS1,395 m10.6 mi
Haystack KnobNNE1,376 m10.2 mi
Horse RockSSE1,374 m1.1 mi
Job KnobN1,353 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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