Horsepasture River
| Horsepasture River Tributary to Toxaway River | |||||||||
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  Location of Horsepasture River mouth  Horsepasture River (the United States) | |||||||||
| Location | |||||||||
| Country | United States | ||||||||
| State | North Carolina South Carolina | ||||||||
| County | Jackson County, NC Transylvania County, NC Oconee County, SC | ||||||||
| Physical characteristics | |||||||||
| Source | Hurricane Creek divide | ||||||||
| • location | about 2 miles north of Cashiers, North Carolina | ||||||||
| • coordinates | 35°07′46″N 083°06′28″W / 35.12944°N 83.10778°W[1] | ||||||||
| • elevation | 3,860 ft (1,180 m)[2] | ||||||||
| Mouth | Toxaway River | ||||||||
• location | Lake Jocassee | ||||||||
• coordinates | 35°01′48″N 082°55′02″W / 35.03000°N 82.91722°W[1] | ||||||||
• elevation | 1,108 ft (338 m)[2] | ||||||||
| Length | 3.96 mi (6.37 km)[3] | ||||||||
| Basin size | 30.18 square miles (78.2 km2)[4] | ||||||||
| Discharge | |||||||||
| • location | Toxaway River | ||||||||
| • average | 124.61 cu ft/s (3.529 m3/s) at mouth with Toxaway River[4] | ||||||||
| Basin features | |||||||||
| Progression | east and southeast | ||||||||
| River system | Keowee River | ||||||||
| Tributaries | |||||||||
| • left | Laurel Creek Logan Creek Mud Creek Little Hogback Creek Hogback Creek Rock Creek James Creek | ||||||||
| • right | Rochester Creek Nix Creek Burlingame Creek Bearcamp Creek | ||||||||
| Waterbodies | Lupton Lake Sapphire Lake | ||||||||
| Bridges | Big Steeplechase Road, Wandering Ridge, Haven Ridge Trail, US 64, Getaway Ridge, Sapphire Valley Road, Cherokee Trail, Carters Grove, Meadow Way, Deer Run Road, Bear Pen Drive, Sapphire Post Office Road, Upper Whitewater Road, Whitewater Road, Auger Hole Trail | ||||||||
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The Horsepasture River is an 18.1-mile-long (29.1 km)[5] National Wild and Scenic river[6] 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)[7] of the river as Horsepasture State Natural River in 1985,[8] 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
See also
[edit]- Gorges State Park provides the only easy, legal access to the river's waterfalls.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Horsepasture River". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Horsepasture River Topo Map in Transylvania". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Horsepasture River Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 26, 2011
- ^ "Horsepasture Wild and Scenic River, North Carolina". Archived from the original on 2010-06-10. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
- ^ "Size of the North Carolina State Parks System" (PDF). North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation. January 1, 2011. pp. 1–4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-02-16. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
- ^ "Directory of State Parks and Recreation Areas" (PDF). North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings. May 1, 2010. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 22, 2011. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
External links
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Categories:
- Rivers of North Carolina
- Rivers of South Carolina
- Protected areas established in 1985
- Pisgah National Forest
- Protected areas of Jackson County, North Carolina
- Protected areas of Transylvania County, North Carolina
- Protected areas of Oconee County, South Carolina
- Tributaries of the Savannah River
- Rivers of Jackson County, North Carolina
- Rivers of Transylvania County, North Carolina
- Rivers of Oconee County, South Carolina
- Wild and Scenic Rivers of the United States
- 1985 establishments in the United States
- North Carolina river stubs
- Western North Carolina geography stubs
- Southern United States river stubs
- South Carolina geography stubs
- North Carolina geography stubs
- Southern United States protected area stubs