List of North Carolina Waterfalls
Here is an index of all the falls we know about. Click any falls' name to go to its page, where you will find a larger picture, description, statistics, directions, and more information about each waterfall where it is available.
Bead and Lace Falls | |
Berties Falls | |
Big Bradley Falls - 65 ft (Cove Creek) | |
Big Laurel Falls - 35 ft |  |
Big Shoals (Secret Falls) - 50 ft (Big Creek) |  |
Bird Rock Falls - 15 ft (French Broad River) | |
Blue Sea Falls - 30 ft |  |
Bridal Veil Falls - 40 ft |  |
Bridal Veil Falls - 100 ft (Little River) |  |
Bubbling Spring Branch Cascades - 30 ft (Bubbling Spring Branch) |  |
Bull Cove Falls - 40 ft (Creek in Bull Cove) |  |
Burningtown Falls | |
Camp Minnehaha Falls - 30 ft | |
Cascade on Mineral Creek - 10 ft (Mineral Creek) | |
Catawba Falls - Over 100' (Catawba River) |  |
Catheys Creek Falls - 30 ft (Pisgah National Forest) | |
Chestnut Cove Branch Falls - 30 ft | |
Courthouse Falls - 45 ft |  |
Cove Creek Falls - 50 ft (Cove Creek) |  |
Crabtree Falls - 70 ft (Crabtree Creek) |  |
Cullasaja Falls - 250 ft (Cullasaja River) |  |
Dill Falls - 50 ft (Tanasee Creek) |  |
Dismal Falls - 75 ft | |
Douglas Falls - 70 ft (Waterfall Creek) |  |
Dry Falls - 80 ft (Cullasaja River) | |
Duggers Creek Falls - 15 ft |  |
Elk Falls - 30 ft |  |
Falls on Cedar Rock Creek - 25 ft (Cedar Rock Creek) |  |
Falls on Double Knob Gap Branch - 75 ft (Double Knob Gap Branch) |  |
Falls on Grogan Creek - 20 ft (Grogan Creek) |  |
Falls on Long Branch - 30 ft (Pisgah National Forest) |  |
Falls on Whiteoak Creek - 20 ft (Whiteoak Creek) |  |
Falls over Dam on Reems Creek - 15 ft (Reems Creek) |  |
Flat Laurel Creek Cascades - 50 ft |  |
French Broad Falls and Shoal Creek Falls - 13 feet (French Broad River) | |
Frolictown Creek Falls - 15 ft |  |
Glassmine Falls - 200 ft (Glassmine Branch) | |
Glen Falls - 145 ft |  |
Granny Burrel Falls - 15 ft |  |
Grassy Creek Falls - 30 ft (Dupont State Forest) | |
Greenland Creek Falls - 50 ft |  |
Harper Creek Falls - 50 ft | |
Hickorynut Falls - 404 ft (Hicorynut Creek) |  |
High Falls - 150 ft (Dupont State Forest) |  |
High Falls - 150 (Private) | |
High Falls - 15 ft (Pisgah National Forest) |  |
High Falls (Beech Creek) - 150 ft (Beech Creek) |  |
High Shoals Falls - 50 (Jacob Fork) |  |
Hooker Falls - 15 ft (Dupont State Forest) | |
Kuykendall Falls - 30 ft | |
Laughing Falls - 50 ft | |
Linville Falls (Linville River) |  |
Little Bird Falls (Waterfall on Green Creek) - 20 ft (Green Creek) |  |
Little Falls - 5? ft | |
Little Falls - 5? ft | |
Log Hollow Falls - 25 ft (Log Hollow Branch) |  |
Looking Glass Falls - 45 ft (Looking Glass Creek) |  |
Lower Satulah Falls - Perhaps 200 ft (Clear Creek) | |
Lower Waterfall on Bubbling Spring Branch - 20 ft (Bubbling Spring Branch) |  |
Lower Waterfall on Grassy Creek (Private) | |
McGalliard Falls - 40 ft (McGalliard Creek) | |
Mitchell Falls - 30 ft | |
Moore Cove Falls - 50 ft (Pisgah National Forest) |  |
Moore Cove Falls 2 - 30 ft (Pisgah National Forest) | |
Mouse Creek Falls - 35 ft (Mouse Creek) |  |
North Harper Creek Falls - 40 ft | |
Pearsons Falls - 90 ft | |
Picklesimer Rock House Falls - 40 ft. (Tributary of Abes Creek) |  |
Rainbow Falls - 150 ft | |
Rainbow Falls - 150 ft |  |
Reems Creek Falls - 30 ft (Reems Creek) |  |
Rhapsodie Falls - 60 ft | |
Roaring Fork Falls - 100 ft |  |
Schoolhouse Falls - 25 ft |  |
Second Falls - 70 ft (Yellowstone Prong) |  |
Setrock Creek Falls - 75 ft |  |
Skinny Dip Falls - 20 ft (Yellowstone Prong) |  |
Slick Rock Falls - 30 ft (Pisgah National Forest) |  |
Soco Falls - 30 ft (Soco Creek) | |
South Harper Creek Falls - 100 ft |  |
The Cascades - 30? ft | |
Thunderhole Falls - 15 ft | |
Thurston Hatcher Falls - 30 (Private) | |
Toms Creek Falls - 60 ft (Pisgah National Forest) |  |
Toms Falls | |
Toms Spring Falls - 100 ft |  |
Triple Falls - 75 ft (Dupont State Forest) |  |
Turtleback Falls - 20 ft |  |
Upper Catawba Falls - 50 feet (Catawba River) |  |
Upper Creek Falls - 50 ft | |
Upper Dill Falls - 25 ft (Tanasee Creek) |  |
Upper Falls - 50 ft (Pisgah National Forest) |  |
Upper Falls - 5? ft | |
Upper Satulah Falls - About 30 feet (Clear Creek) |  |
Upper Waterfall on Bubbling Spring Branch - 30 (Bubbling Spring Branch) |  |
Upper Waterfall on Grassy Creek (Private) | |
Walker Falls - 45 ft (Walker Creek) | |
Waterfall 1 on Fork of Staire Branch - 30 ft | |
Waterfall 1 on Sam Branch - Cascades; best estimate is between 20 - 50 feet depending on what you include. | |
Waterfall 2 on Fork of Staire Branch - 20 ft | |
Waterfall below Big Fork Knob - 50 ft | |
Waterfall Below Sugarloaf Mountain - About 25 feet | |
Waterfall beside FR 74 - 15 ft |  |
Waterfall beside NC Highway 28 - about 30 feet, estimated (Unnamed) | |
Waterfall in Wash Hollow - 50 ft |  |
Waterfall on Broad River - 20? ft | |
Waterfall on Burnthouse Branch - 50 ft | |
Waterfall on Craggy Knob - 200 ft |  |
Waterfall on Falling Creek - 75? ft | |
Waterfall on Fowler Creek - Approximately 30 feet (Fowler Creek) | |
Waterfall on Hickory Branch - 30 ft (Hickory Branch) |  |
Waterfall on Joe Creek | |
Waterfall on Little Andy Creek - 20 ft |  |
Waterfall on Little Fall Branch - 40 ft (Little Fall Branch) |  |
Waterfall on Scotsman Creek - About 50 ft (Scotsman Creek) | |
Waterfall on Steels Creek - 70 ft | |
Waterfall on Taylor Creek - 80? ft (Taylor Creek) | |
Waterfall on Tributary of Big Bearpen Branch - 100 ft | |
Waterfall on Tributary of Brier Creek (Tributary of Brier Creek) | |
Waterfall on Tributary of Little River (Tributary of Little River) | |
Waterfall on Tributary of Log Hollow Branch - 75 ft |  |
Waterfall on Tributary of West Fork Pigeon River - 30 ft (Tributary of West Fork Pigeon River) |  |
Waterfall on Tributary of West Fork Pigeon River - 30 ft (Tributary of West Fork Pigeon River) |  |
Waterfall on West Fork Pigeon River - Maybe 50 - 100 feet, but hard to tell exactly. (West Fork Pigeon River) |  |
Waterfall on West Fork Pigeon River - 20 ft | |
Waterfall on West Prong Hickey Fork - 30 ft |  |
Waterfall under Concrete Bridge - 50 ft |  |
Whitewater Falls - 411 ft |  |
Widow's Creek Falls - 25 ft |  |
Wintergreen Falls - 25 ft (Dupont State Forest) | |
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Yellowstone Falls - 100 ft (Pisgah National Forest) |