
In numbers.
18m
Height
Feb–Apr
Dec
Best months
780m
Elevation
The water at Eastatoe Falls, month by month
It roars from November to May.
The fullest months: from November to May.
- 98%Jan
- 99%Feb
- 100%Mar
- 91%Apr
- 79%May
- 67%Jun
- 68%Jul
- 63%Aug
- 65%Sep
- 67%Oct
- 78%Nov
- 100%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from February to April and December.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Waterfall in North Carolina, United States
Eastatoe Falls is a waterfall in United States. The water falls 18 m. It lies within Pisgah National Forest.
Getting there.
- Brevardnearest town · 16 km in a straight line
- Asheville Regional Airport (AVL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 44 km in a straight lineCar hire at AVL airport (Asheville)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From February to April and Decemberbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
Stay, explore and get there
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How big is it?
How big it really is.
Height of the drop from Wikidata. Buildings and the person are drawn at the same scale.
Seen from the sky.
8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.
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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.
Around the falls the river drops 106 m in 1.7 km.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 5other named waterfalls within 4 kmClaypole Branch Falls, Whitmire Falls, Boren Mill Shoals and 2 more
- —caves
- 3campsitesCarolina Point, Camp Hannon, The Wilds
- —hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
- —restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Towns nearby
- Brevard16 km in a straight line
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | 7 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 23 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 9 |
| Night °C | -4 | -2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 2 | -1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 118 | 119 | 118 | 116 | 121 | 119 | 134 | 118 | 115 | 104 | 113 | 147 |
| Wet days | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 19 | 21 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 12 |
| Sun h/day | 4.7 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 5.9 | 4.3 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (780 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
Recent years
Wet years and dry years
Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 159% | 237% | 129% | 163% | 135% | 88% | 86% | 162% | 149% | 170% | 89% | 78% |
| 2021 | 92% | 109% | 192% | 50% | 87% | 104% | 106% | 207% | 73% | 161% | 26% | 57% |
| 2022 | 86% | 148% | 127% | 80% | 129% | 48% | 104% | 88% | 102% | 30% | 129% | 90% |
| 2023 | 157% | 90% | 94% | 131% | 63% | 116% | 75% | 124% | 44% | 26% | 31% | 120% |
| 2024 | 207% | 74% | 141% | 70% | 144% | 53% | 106% | 50% | 255% | 3% | 67% | 104% |
| 2025 | 46% | 110% | 77% | 109% | 151% | 101% | 90% | 131% | 83% | 91% | 37% | 33% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q37439) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Climate | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 |
| Relief, river profile, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Paths, viewpoints, parking | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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