Whiteoak Falls
Whiteoak Falls is a waterfall in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 781 m. Wine Spring Bald stands 1,661 m to the south-southeast, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Jagged Rock Falls, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. Mountain Waters Scenic Byway runs past it.
How to reach it
- On the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
- 2.9 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 3.2 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 10.1 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Shute Cove Overlook · 17 mi
- Hooper Point Overlook · 20 mi
- Santeetlah Overlook · 21 mi
- Haw Knob · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Jagged Rock Falls: 0.1 mi
- Nantahala Cascades: 0.2 mi
- The Cascades on Nantahala: 0.3 mi
- Camp Branch Falls: 0.8 mi
- Handpole Branch Falls: 3.2 mi
- Fork Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Wykle Hill: 1.7 mi
- Rattlesnake Knob: 2.2 mi
- Beech Cove Knob: 2.4 mi
- Piercy Bald: 3.1 mi
- Ferebee Memorial Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
- Graham County Park: 9.3 mi
- Swain County Park: 9.7 mi
- Valley River Park: 10.5 mi
- Ferebee Park: 10.9 mi
- Wasilik Poplar: 12.9 mi
- Flat Branch boat launch: 13.9 mi
- Cherokee Homestead Exhibit: 17.5 mi
- Turbine: 17.9 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest: 18.0 mi
- Graham County Historical Association: 10.7 mi
- Junaluska Museum: 10.7 mi
- Macon County Historical Museum: 15.3 mi
- Scottish Tartans Museum: 15.4 mi
- Fly Fishing Museum of the Southern Appalachians: 16.4 mi
- Junaluska Memorial: 10.7 mi
- Swain County War Dead Memorial: 16.4 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial: 18.1 mi
- Towns County Veterans Memorial Park: 22.8 mi
- Nimrod Jarett Smith: 24.2 mi
- Winding Stairs: 2.5 mi
- Ramsey Cliff: 5.4 mi
- The Jump-up: 6.1 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 15.3 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 19.9 mi
- Rivercane Clan Pole: 23.3 mi
- Rivercane Rendezvous: 23.3 mi
- Eagle Dancer: 23.3 mi
- Selu Statue: 24.2 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 24.7 mi
- Annie Dee Leatherman Smith Memorial Garden: 13.2 mi
- Franklin Garden: 15.4 mi
- Hamilton Gardens: 20.9 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 24.1 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 24.8 mi
- Nantahala National Forest: 2.5 mi
- Henry Grady Burrell Preserve: 23.5 mi
- Wine Spring: 6.2 mi
- Big Spring: 16.1 mi
- Smoky Mountain Visitor Center: 16.9 mi
- Cherohala Skyway restroom/trail head: 20.7 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Pavilion: 18.4 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Whiteoak Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wine Spring Bald | SSE 148° | 1,661 m | 6.3 mi |
| Wayah Bald | SE 137° | 1,626 m | 6.6 mi |
| Rocky Bald | SSE 151° | 1,623 m | 5.0 mi |
| Copper Ridge Bald | ESE 102° | 1,601 m | 4.6 mi |
| Siler Bald | SSE 155° | 1,589 m | 8.5 mi |
| Signal Bald | SW 214° | 1,579 m | 8.8 mi |
| Tusquitee Bald | SSW 213° | 1,566 m | 9.0 mi |
| Tellico Bald | E 97° | 1,562 m | 4.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:13 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:16 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 19:00 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:47 | 17:27 |
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 | 39 | 46 | 56 | 63 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 6.2 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 6.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Robbinsville AG 5 NE, 9 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Jan, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 636 | 627 | 580 | 575 | 565 | 429 | 390 | 407 | 389 | 408 | 391 | 550 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Nantahala River Near Hewitt, 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/9814875353
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