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Wintergreen Falls

Wintergreen Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Wintergreen Falls is a waterfall in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 548 m. Toxaway Mountain stands 1,452 m to the northwest, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Land Bridge Falls, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. Waterfall Byway passes 1.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
50 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.09786, -82.92489

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
  • Land Bridge Falls: 0.1 mi
  • Upper Wintergreen Falls: 0.1 mi
  • Lower Indian Creek Falls: 0.6 mi
  • Middle Indian Creek Falls: 0.7 mi
  • Upper Indian Creek Falls: 0.8 mi
Peaks
Parks: 57
  • Champion Park: 6.5 mi
  • Bootleg Access Area: 7.5 mi
  • Silver Run Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Wolf Creek Lake Access Area: 9.6 mi
  • McKinney Meadow: 9.7 mi
Cliffs: 20
Historic sites: 15
  • Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 12.7 mi
  • North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 14.2 mi
  • Camp John Rock: 14.9 mi
  • General Pickens Monument: 16.8 mi
  • Caesars Head Hotel: 17.0 mi
Museums: 12
  • Transylvania Heritage Museum: 14.2 mi
  • The Real American Tea Museum: 14.3 mi
  • Highlands Nature Center: 15.2 mi
  • Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts: 19.2 mi
  • Cradle of Forestry: 19.3 mi
Attractions: 9
  • Bear Lake Reserve: 11.8 mi
  • M1: 14.2 mi
  • Devil's Kitchen: 16.8 mi
  • Judaculla Rock: 17.5 mi
  • The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 19.2 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Beaches: 4
  • Sandbar Pool Beach: 7.0 mi
  • Sandstone Beach: 8.8 mi
  • North Beach: 18.0 mi
  • South Beach: 19.5 mi
Gardens: 4
Picnic sites: 4
Springs: 3
  • Cool Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Moody Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Indian Spring: 24.9 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Ear: 20.3 mi
  • Chalice: 20.5 mi
  • American Eclipse: 20.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Wintergreen Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Toxaway MountainNW1,452 m4.1 mi
Cold MountainNW1,414 m5.8 mi
Little Hogback MountainWNW1,392 m5.8 mi
Hogback MountainWNW1,386 m5.8 mi
Panthertail MountainNNW1,365 m5.5 mi
Shelton Pisgah MountainNW1,365 m6.4 mi
Big Pisgah MountainNNW1,342 m5.8 mi
Sassafras MountainW1,335 m6.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1019:44
June solstice06:1920:1220:50
September equinox07:2018:5719:30
December solstice07:3716:4517:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374046546268717065554640
Precip in8.77.17.87.47.07.89.48.99.46.77.78.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Toxaway 2 SW, 2 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs290314322317264214180183177178205256

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge French Broad River AT Rosman, NC, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/3760745236

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