Wash Hollow Falls
Wash Hollow Falls is a waterfall in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 1,285 m. Richland Balsam stands 1,951 m to the west-northwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower Sam Branch Falls, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. Forest Heritage Scenic Byway runs past it.
The story
valley in Haywood County, North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q35452259, matched on coordinates and name (41 m apart).
What the record says
- Height
- 15 m
How to reach it
- On the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- 2.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 4.8 mi off the Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway, National
- 13.8 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Lower Sam Branch Falls: 0.1 mi
- Sunburst Falls: 0.4 mi
- Sam Branch Falls: 0.4 mi
- Little Bird Falls: 1.0 mi
- Waterfalls of Flat Laurel Creek: 1.2 mi
- Sam Knob: 0.9 mi
- Birdstand Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Little Sam Knob: 1.4 mi
- Green Knob: 1.5 mi
- Black Balsam Knob: 1.6 mi
- Cradle of Forestry in America: 6.7 mi
- Roy Taylor Forest: 7.2 mi
- Canada Community Park: 9.0 mi
- Wolf Creek Lake Access Area: 9.9 mi
- Hazelwood Recreation Park: 11.5 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 11.8 mi
- Rhododenron Garden: 12.8 mi
- Susanna Wesley Garden: 13.7 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 16.1 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 18.7 mi
- 1915 Climax Locomotive: 7.0 mi
- Historical Downtown: 11.5 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 11.6 mi
- M1: 12.0 mi
- Judaculla Rock: 12.3 mi
- Horseshoe Rock: 8.0 mi
- Bald Cliff: 8.3 mi
- River Cliffs: 11.1 mi
- Castle Rock: 14.7 mi
- Dunns Rock: 14.9 mi
- North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 2.7 mi
- Camp John Rock: 7.2 mi
- Buck Springs Lodge foundation: 9.7 mi
- the "Big Gun" Clyde Veterans Memorial: 13.3 mi
- Lyn Lowry Cross: 14.6 mi
- Chief Junaluska: 13.6 mi
- Berm Park: 14.3 mi
- Chalice: 16.0 mi
- American Eclipse: 16.0 mi
- Wi: 16.1 mi
- Cradle of Forestry: 6.7 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 11.7 mi
- Shook Museum: 13.2 mi
- Canton Area Historical Museum: 13.6 mi
- Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum: 15.6 mi
- Shining Rock Wilderness: 3.6 mi
- Cold Mountain Gameland: 4.4 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 9.8 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 23.9 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 24.2 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 9.5 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
- Heintooga Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 11.7 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 11.9 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 21.6 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 21.6 mi
- Cool Spring: 18.2 mi
- Crystal Spring: 22.9 mi
- Lenox Spring: 24.3 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 12.5 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 17.4 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 13.7 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 18.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Wash Hollow Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richland Balsam | WNW 289° | 1,951 m | 5.5 mi |
| Black Balsam Knob | SE 126° | 1,890 m | 1.6 mi |
| Mount Hardy | SSW 212° | 1,866 m | 3.2 mi |
| Reinhart Knob | W 277° | 1,856 m | 4.5 mi |
| Tennent Mountain | ESE 101° | 1,846 m | 1.6 mi |
| Sam Knob | S 169° | 1,844 m | 0.9 mi |
| Grassy Cove Top | ENE 76° | 1,844 m | 2.0 mi |
| Shining Rock | NE 47° | 1,829 m | 2.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:13 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 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 | 35 | 38 | 44 | 53 | 61 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 38 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waynesville 1 E, 11 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, 4 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/8819102178
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