Yellowstone Falls
Yellowstone Falls is a waterfall in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 1,457 m. Black Balsam Knob stands 1,890 m to the west, 1.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Serpentine Falls, a waterfall 0.3 miles away. Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway passes 2.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 30 m
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway, National
- 2.8 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- On the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 12.1 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- East Fork Overlook · 1 mi
- Looking Glass Rock Overlook · 1 mi
- Log Hollow Overlook (MP 416.6) · 1 mi
- View Cherry Cove (MP 415.7) · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Serpentine Falls: 0.3 mi
- Second Falls: 0.4 mi
- Skinny Dip Falls: 0.4 mi
- Dark Prong Falls: 0.5 mi
- Upper Dark Prong Falls: 1.1 mi
- Cradle of Forestry in America: 4.0 mi
- City of Brevard Sports Complex: 8.8 mi
- Silvermont Mansion Park: 9.1 mi
- Franklin Park: 9.1 mi
- Roy Taylor Forest: 9.9 mi
- Seniard Mountain: 0.4 mi
- South Spring Top: 0.9 mi
- Fork River Bald: 1.3 mi
- Bennett Knob: 1.7 mi
- Tennent Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 8.7 mi
- Rhododenron Garden: 14.8 mi
- Susanna Wesley Garden: 16.1 mi
- Plant Professional Landscape Garden: 17.4 mi
- Plants of Promise Garden: 17.6 mi
- Camp John Rock: 3.9 mi
- North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 3.9 mi
- Buck Springs Lodge foundation: 8.1 mi
- Ferin Fire Tower: 13.3 mi
- the "Big Gun" Clyde Veterans Memorial: 15.0 mi
- Berm Park: 14.6 mi
- Chief Junaluska: 16.0 mi
- Chalice: 19.0 mi
- American Eclipse: 19.1 mi
- Ear: 19.3 mi
- 1915 Climax Locomotive: 4.2 mi
- M1: 8.8 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 13.6 mi
- Historical Downtown: 14.2 mi
- Judaculla Rock: 15.3 mi
- Cradle of Forestry: 4.0 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 8.5 mi
- Canton Area Historical Museum: 14.4 mi
- Shook Museum: 15.0 mi
- Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum: 18.7 mi
- Horseshoe Rock: 9.2 mi
- Bald Cliff: 11.5 mi
- Castle Rock: 11.7 mi
- Dunns Rock: 11.9 mi
- River Cliffs: 13.0 mi
- Shining Rock Wilderness: 4.7 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 6.7 mi
- Cold Mountain Gameland: 6.7 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 21.8 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 21.9 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 7.9 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 15.0 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 15.2 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 18.9 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 19.0 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 14.6 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 16.3 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 24.8 mi
- Cool Spring: 17.1 mi
- Crystal Spring: 19.6 mi
- Lenox Spring: 21.0 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 11.4 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 20.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Yellowstone Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Balsam Knob | W 278° | 1,890 m | 1.9 mi |
| Mount Hardy | WSW 254° | 1,866 m | 5.1 mi |
| Tennent Mountain | WNW 300° | 1,846 m | 1.8 mi |
| Grassy Cove Top | NW 322° | 1,844 m | 2.1 mi |
| Sam Knob | W 277° | 1,844 m | 3.1 mi |
| Shining Rock | NNW 338° | 1,829 m | 3.3 mi |
| Silvermine Bald | WSW 247° | 1,822 m | 2.6 mi |
| Chestnut Bald | WSW 246° | 1,821 m | 3.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:13 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 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 | 37 | 40 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 7.0 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 7.6 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 7.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brevard, 9 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, 7 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/10005318008
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