Virgin Falls
Virgin Falls is a waterfall in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 334 m. Horseshoe Mountain stands 633 m to the south, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Laurel Falls, a waterfall 1.3 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.
The story
Park in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q49575630, matched on coordinates and name (402 m apart).
What the record says
- Height
- 33.5 m
How to reach it
- 15.7 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Chestnut Mountain: 1.6 mi
- McCager Point: 3.0 mi
- Scott Pinnacle: 3.0 mi
- Big Butte: 3.0 mi
- Welch Knob: 3.0 mi
- Beecher Wallace Homestead: 2.6 mi
- Latimer Scout Reservation: 3.9 mi
- Rockhouse State Memorial: 7.0 mi
- Pearson Park: 8.9 mi
- Spencer City Park: 9.5 mi
- Big Laurel Falls: 1.3 mi
- Lost Creek Falls: 1.7 mi
- Big Branch Falls: 1.9 mi
- Piney Creek Falls: 11.8 mi
- Fall Creek Falls: 12.0 mi
- Burritt Alumni Museum: 9.8 mi
- Van Buren County Historical and Heritage Museum: 9.9 mi
- Military Memorial Museum: 18.6 mi
- Native Stone Museum: 18.7 mi
- Monterey Depot Museum: 21.6 mi
- Bridgestone-Firestone Centennial Wilderness Wildlife Management Area: 2.2 mi
- Head of Sequatchie Area: 19.0 mi
- Hinch Mountain Area: 20.3 mi
- Brady Mountain Area: 20.7 mi
- Shut-in Gap Road Area: 21.4 mi
- Copper Cliff: 4.8 mi
- Medley Arch: 8.3 mi
- Stillhouse Rock: 14.8 mi
- Brady Bluff: 21.7 mi
- Indian Head Point Overlook: 23.9 mi
- Sunset Rock: 6.9 mi
- Whale Face Rock: 11.9 mi
- George's Hole: 12.2 mi
- Head of the Sequatchie River: 18.4 mi
- Cumberland Caverns: 23.1 mi
- George's Hole: 12.3 mi
- Newton Ford Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
- Dripping Spring: 22.2 mi
- Black Mountain Springhouse: 24.8 mi
- Old Shelter (ruins): 22.7 mi
- The Pink Elephant: 23.9 mi
- Cumberland County I-40 East Rest Area: 22.9 mi
- Cumberland County I-40 West Rest Area: 24.1 mi
- CMRPOA Beach - Residents Only: 10.0 mi
- Pinhook: 20.8 mi
- CRMC Basin Garden: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Virgin Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe Mountain | S 187° | 633 m | 17.7 mi |
| Dugger Hill | E 93° | 617 m | 7.1 mi |
| Big Level | E 88° | 617 m | 8.0 mi |
| Potts Knob | ENE 72° | 617 m | 9.3 mi |
| Buck Knob | SSW 191° | 617 m | 17.1 mi |
| Bradden Knob | S 173° | 616 m | 11.8 mi |
| Chestnut Mountain | NNE 26° | 610 m | 3.8 mi |
| The Pounds | ENE 75° | 603 m | 9.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:24 | 20:02 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:06 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 15:52 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sparta Wastewater Plant, 9 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Apr — fullest in Feb, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 599 | 1,118 | 755 | 502 | 354 | 189 | 127 | 106 | 163 | 137 | 205 | 498 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Calfkiller River AT Hwy 70 AT Sparta, TN, 10 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/5305774131
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