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Mingo Falls is a 120 ft (37 m) high waterfall located in the Qualla Boundary—a land trust of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians—near the town of Cherokee, Swain County, North Carolina in the Blue Ridge Mountains of the eastern United States. [1] The waterfall is among the tallest in the southern Appalachians. [1]
Cherokee / ˈ tʃ ɛr ə ˌ k iː / [3] (Cherokee: ᏣᎳᎩ, romanized: Tsalagi) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Swain and Jackson counties in Western North Carolina, United States, within the Qualla Boundary land trust. [4] Cherokee is located in the Oconaluftee River Valley around the intersection of U.S. Routes 19 and 441.
The waterfalls of North Carolina, U.S., are a prominent feature of the geography of the Piedmont and mountain regions of the state, as well as a major focus of tourism and outdoor recreation. Many of these falls are located in state parks , national forests , wildlife management areas, and other public lands, as well as private property.
What is the tallest waterfall in NC? At 411 feet, Upper Whitewater Falls in the Cashiers area of the Nantahala National Forest is the tallest waterfall east of the Rockies. The Lower Whitewater ...
The 158,348-acre (247.4 sq. mi.; 640.8 km 2) Tusquitee Ranger District is the forest's second-largest district, and it is located in the far southwestern tip of North Carolina, within Cherokee and Clay Counties. Tusquitee is Cherokee for "where the waterdogs laughed," and the district is headquartered in Murphy, North Carolina.
The Oconaluftee is the valley of the Oconaluftee River in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. Formerly the site of a Cherokee village and an Appalachian community, the valley is now North Carolina's main entrance to Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
More: 5 best hikes near Asheville in Western NC: Waterfalls, swimming, high elevation Sliding Rock A WNC classic, Sliding Rock , located on U.S. 276 in Pisgah National Forest, is famous for living ...
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park covers a total of 522,419 acres (816.280 sq mi; 211,415 ha; 2,114.15 km 2) The park is roughly evenly divided between Tennessee and North Carolina, and is located within portions of Blount, Sevier, and Cocke Counties in Tennessee, and Swain and Haywood Counties in North Carolina. [12]