Windy Falls
Windy Falls is a waterfall in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 537 m. Toxaway Mountain stands 1,452 m to the north-northwest, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Hen Tail Falls, a waterfall 0.2 miles away. Whitewater Way passes 1.5 miles off.
The story
The Horsepasture River is an 18.1-mile-long (29.1 km) National Wild and Scenic river in the U.S. states of North Carolina and South Carolina. The river rises in Jackson County, North Carolina, and flows through the Jocassee Gorges area and ends at Lake Jocassee in South Carolina. Some of the land over which the river flows is part of the Pisgah National Forest, making it accessible to the public. North Carolina designated 4.5 miles (7.2 km) of the river as Horsepasture State Natural River in 1985, including it in the state's Natural and Scenic Rivers System. The State River is between NC-281 and the state line. The Horsepasture River features several significant waterfalls in close proximity to one another. The named falls are:
Drift Falls Turtleback Falls Rainbow Falls Hidden Falls Stairway Falls Sidepocket Falls Windy Falls
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q30672155, matched on coordinates and name (152 m apart).
What the record says
- Height
- 60 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Whitewater Way
- 2.6 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 6.9 mi off the Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway
- 8.3 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Rainbow Falls · 1 mi
- Gorges Overlook · 2 mi
- Whitewater Falls Viewing Platform · 4 mi
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hen Tail Falls: 0.2 mi
- Rooster Tail Falls: 0.2 mi
- Standing Up Rock Falls: 0.4 mi
- Sidepocket Falls: 0.5 mi
- Stairway Falls: 0.8 mi
- Chestnut Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Rocky Knobs: 1.2 mi
- Misery Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Roundtop: 2.1 mi
- Rainy Knobs: 2.8 mi
- Bootleg Access Area: 6.0 mi
- Silver Run Falls: 6.1 mi
- Sloan Bridge Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
- McKinney Meadow: 8.1 mi
- Cashiers Village Green Park: 8.5 mi
- Sheep Cliff: 8.9 mi
- Chattooga Cliffs: 9.6 mi
- Horseshoe Rock: 11.5 mi
- Wildcat Cliffs: 11.9 mi
- River Cliffs: 11.9 mi
- Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 10.1 mi
- General Pickens Monument: 14.5 mi
- North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 16.1 mi
- Chattooga Town: 16.6 mi
- Oconee Station: 16.9 mi
- Highlands Nature Center: 13.1 mi
- The Real American Tea Museum: 15.7 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 16.7 mi
- Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts: 19.3 mi
- World of Energy: 19.4 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 12.2 mi
- M1: 16.8 mi
- Judaculla Rock: 17.9 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 18.8 mi
- The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 19.3 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 13.1 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 13.2 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 13.6 mi
- Brushy Face Preserve: 14.2 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 16.2 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 16.3 mi
- Common Gardening: 18.0 mi
- Common Gardening: 18.0 mi
- Rose Garden: 19.4 mi
- English Garden: 19.4 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 7.2 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 7.6 mi
- North Beach: 16.5 mi
- South Beach: 18.0 mi
- Ear: 20.3 mi
- Chalice: 20.6 mi
- American Eclipse: 20.7 mi
- Wi: 20.7 mi
- Cool Spring: 4.5 mi
- Moody Spring: 11.6 mi
- Indian Spring: 23.7 mi
- South: 18.0 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
- Smoky Mountain Visitor Center: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Windy Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toxaway Mountain | NNW 341° | 1,452 m | 4.3 mi |
| Cold Mountain | NNW 346° | 1,414 m | 6.6 mi |
| Chimneytop Mountain | WNW 288° | 1,401 m | 6.3 mi |
| Little Hogback Mountain | NW 325° | 1,392 m | 5.5 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | NW 325° | 1,386 m | 5.5 mi |
| Panthertail Mountain | N 351° | 1,365 m | 6.4 mi |
| Shelton Pisgah Mountain | NNW 346° | 1,365 m | 7.2 mi |
| Big Pisgah Mountain | N 355° | 1,342 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:57 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:45 | 17:24 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 8.7 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 8.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Toxaway 2 SW, 2 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 290 | 314 | 322 | 317 | 264 | 214 | 180 | 183 | 177 | 178 | 205 | 256 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge French Broad River AT Rosman, NC, 9 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/7105937553
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