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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.
Whitewater Falls also has the dubious distinction of being one of the deadliest waterfalls in Western North Carolina, with at least 15 deaths since 1995, according to previous Citizen Times reporting.
Cold Mountain falls in the mountain region of western North Carolina, United States. [1] The mountain is one of the Great Balsam Mountains which are a part of the Blue Ridge Mountains within the Appalachian Mountains. Cold Mountain and the Shining Rock Wilderness surrounding it are part of Pisgah National Forest.
Recently reopened after a two-year closure, Catawba Falls Ridge Trail is safer than ever, and still just as beautiful.With the closure came 580 hand-built stairs and 2.3 miles of new trail ...
Outdoor magazine Backpacker had some praise for a classic Western North Carolina hiking destination — and the fall color that surrounds it — on its list of five best crowd-free fall leaf hikes.
The falls were recently closed to the public until April 16, 2011, when a new, handicapped accessible, county park was unveiled. [2] The parking lot for the falls is found by traveling on U.S. Highway 276, 6 miles (9.7 km) south of the intersection of 276, U.S. Highway 64, and NC Highway 280 in Brevard, North Carolina. From the viewing platform ...
The Waynesville-based park offers boating, hiking, fishing, horseback riding and, of course, waterfalls. It's located at 8570 East Route 73, Waynesville. Cuyahoga Valley National Park
The falls are open to the public and are accessible on the side of U.S. Highway 276, approximately 5.6 miles north of the intersection of 276, U.S. Highway 64, and NC Highway 280 in Pisgah Forest, North Carolina. The falls are just under 70' tall from top to bottom, with the main falls at 60'.