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Sliding Rock is a waterfall in Western North Carolina, located near Brevard, so named because visitors can slide all the way down the waterfall into the plunge pool below. The plunge pool is around 8 feet deep in the middle, with a strong churning river current, so users must be able to swim or wear a life vest.
Follow the rocky but short Sliding Rock Trail down to Bridal Veil Falls, where you can slide down a smooth rock into a swimming hole. Other activities include mountain biking, archery, geocaching ...
The term is also used for collapse of rock from roof or walls of mine or quarry workings. "A rockfall is a fragment of rock (a block) detached by sliding, toppling, or falling, that falls along a vertical or sub-vertical cliff, proceeds down slope by bouncing and flying along ballistic trajectories or by rolling on talus or debris slopes." [2]
Betsey's Rock Falls; Big Rock Falls (North Carolina) ... Slick Rock Falls; Sliding Rock; T. Toms Creek Falls; Tory's Falls (Hanging Rock) Triple Falls (DuPont State ...
Looking Glass Falls is one of the most popular and easily accessible waterfalls in North Carolina. 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.
Arizona: Havasu Falls. The beautiful turquoise pools of the Havasupai Reservation are found at the bottom of the western part of the Grand Canyon, and the surrounding red rock adds a brilliant ...
Three miles south from the Cradle of Forestry is Sliding Rock (el. 2,802 ft (854 m)), a popular summertime location where visitors can get cool by sliding on rocks and into the pool below. [12] Nearby is Looking Glass Falls , named by the mountain its on, the water appears like a mirror gleaming off its granite face.
Eastatoe Falls – 18 m (59 ft) cascading falls located on private property near Rosman; Glassmine Falls – 271 m (889 ft) ephemeral sliding waterfall viewable from the Blue Ridge Parkway in Buncombe County; Hickory Nut Falls – 124 m (407 ft) horsetail waterfall at Chimney Rock State Park; High Falls – 38 m (125 ft) drop; DuPont State Forest