For a waterfall nut like me, my current home in Transylvania County in southwestern North Carolina is paradise.  There's no firm count on how many waterfalls lie within my home county but it is certainly well over 200.  But Transylvania certainly doesn't stand alone in the southern mountains.  It may surprise to to discover what a water-wonderland North Carolina is...

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Hotlink Listing of Waterfalls (by County)

Current Count:  314

Avery County (12)

Bard Falls

Buck Timber Creek Falls

Elk Falls

Gragg Prong Falls (Lower)

Gragg Prong Falls (Middle)

Gragg Prong Falls (Upper)

Hunt-Fish Falls

Little Lost Cove Creek Falls (Lower)

Little Lost Cove Creek Falls (Upper)

North Harper Creek Falls

South Harper Creek Falls

Waterfall Park Waterfalls

Buncombe County (3)

Douglas Falls

Glassmine Falls

Walker Falls

Burke County (9)

Burnthouse Branch Falls

Duggars Creek Falls

High Shoals Falls

Linville Falls

McGalliard Falls

Secret Wall (Still) Falls

Steel's Creek Falls

Upper Creek Falls

Yellow Fork Falls

Caldwell County (5)

Dixon Creek Cascades

Harper Creek Falls

Silvervale Falls

Thorp's Creek Falls

Waterfall on Tributary of Anthony Creek

Cherokee County (1)

North Shoal Creek Falls

Clay County (1)

Leatherwood Falls

Graham County (5)

Big Falls (Snowbird Creek)

Cold Branch Falls

Cold Branch Falls (Lower)

Middle Falls (Snowbird Creek)

Sassafras Falls

Haywood County (22)

Bubbling Spring Branch Cascades

Bubbling Spring Branch Falls (Lower)

Bubbling Spring Branch Falls (Upper)

Buckeye Falls

Flat Laurel Creek Falls

Little Beartrap Falls

Little Fall Branch Falls

Little Wildcat Falls

Middle Prong Falls

Midnight Hole Falls

Mouse Creek Falls

Sam Branch Falls (Lower)

Second Falls (Yellowstone Prong)

Skinny Dip Falls

Sunburst Falls

Upper Falls (Yellowstone Prong)

Walsh Hollow Falls

Waterfall in Bullpen Cove

Waterfall on Greasy Cove Prong

Wildcat Falls

Yellowstone Falls (Lower)

Yellowstone Falls (Upper)

Henderson County (5)

Case Falls

Little Bearwallow Falls

Lower Waterfall on Hungry River

Turley Falls

Upper Waterfall on Hungry River

Jackson County (44)

55 MPH Falls

Balsam Falls (Lower)

Balsam Falls (Upper)

Bedrock Falls

Big Ledge Falls

Charley's Bridge Falls

Dill Falls

Dill Falls (Upper)

Dryland Laurel Branch Falls

Entrance Falls

Exit Falls

Flat Creek Falls

Granny Burrell Falls

Greenland Creek Falls

High (Cullowhee) Falls

Lauren Falls

Lower Abs Creek Falls

Mac's Falls

Merge Lane Falls

Moses Creek Falls

Nellie's Falls

Paradise Falls

Patricia Falls

Pothole Falls

Potholes (Bull Pen) Falls

Riding Ford Falls

Rough Butt Creek Falls

Schoolhouse Falls

Scotsman Creek Falls

Scotsman Creek Falls (Upper)

Sculpted Falls

Silver Run Falls

Silver Run Falls (Upper)

Sleepy Hollow Falls

Sol's Creek Falls

Sol's Creek Falls (Upper)

Sugar Creek Falls (Lower)

Sugar Creek Falls (Upper)

Upper Abs Creek Falls

Waterfall on Cullowhee Creek

Waterfall on Wolf Creek

Whitewater Falls

Wilderness Falls

Woodfin Cascades

Macon County (30)

Berties Falls

Big Laurel Falls

Bridal Veil Falls

Brooks Creek Falls

Burningtown Falls

Camp Branch Falls

Camp Branch Falls (Wayah area)

Camp Branch Falls, Upper (Wayah area)

Cascade on Nantahala River

Cullasaja Falls

Dry Falls

Factory Branch Falls

Glen Falls (Middle)

Glen Falls (Upper)

Jagged Rock Falls

Kalakaleskies Falls

Katies Falls

Mooney Falls

Picklesimer Rock House Falls

Quarry Falls

Queens Falls

Ranger Falls

Rufus Morgan Falls

Scadin Falls

Secret Falls

The Cascades on Nantahala River

Waterfall on Brooks Creek Tributary

Waterfall on Skitty Creek

Waterfall on Whiteoak Creek

Whiteoak Falls

Madison County (2)

Trillium Falls

West Prong Hickey Fork Falls

McDowell County (4)

Catawba Falls

Catawba Falls (Upper)

English Falls

Tom's Creek Falls

Polk County (17)

Big Bradley Falls

Bradley Cooper Falls

Cavern Falls

Colt Creek Cascades

Creekside Falls

Emily Falls

Little Bradley Falls

Marilou Bradley Falls

Melrose Falls

Milton Bradley Falls

Pearson's Falls

Pulliam Creek Falls

Shunkawauken Falls

Sillers Falls

Stairstep Falls

Waterfall on Cove Creek (Polk County)

Waterfall on Pearson Falls Road

Rutherford County (1)

Hickory Nut Falls

Swain County (14)

Cliff Branch Falls

Enloe Creek Falls

Indian Creek Falls

Mingo Falls

Nantahala Falls

Rattlesnake Falls

Soco Falls

Tom Branch Falls

Townhouse Falls

Upper Mingo Falls

Waterfall on Blacksnake Branch

Waterfall on Grassy Branch

Waterfall on Washington Creek

Wesser Falls

Transylvania County (124)

55 MPH Falls

Arrowhead Falls

Auger Fork Falls

Aunt Sally's Falls

Avery Creek Falls

Barnett Branch Trail Falls (Lower)

Barnett Branch Trail Falls (Upper)

Bear Canyon Falls

Bedrock Falls

Big Falls (Thompson River)

Big Bearwallow Falls

Big Ledge Falls

Billy Branch Falls

Birdrock (Cathedral) Falls

Bluff Falls

Boxcar Falls

Bridal Veil Falls (DuPont)

Caney Bottom Falls

Cascade above Bear Canyon Falls

Cascade above Bluff Falls

Cascade above Ted's Falls

Cascade by Auger Hole Trail

Cathey's Creek Falls

Cedar Rock Creek Falls

Cedar Rock Creek Falls (Upper)

Chestnut Falls

Chub Line Falls

Chute Falls

Clawhammer Falls

Connestee Falls

Courthouse Falls

Courthouse Falls (Upper)

Cove Creek Falls

Daniel Ridge (Tom's Spring) Falls

D.E.W. Falls

Diamond Creek Falls

Discovery Falls

Dismal Falls

Drift (Bust-your-butt) Falls

Eastatoe Falls  ***CLOSED AS OF 2019***

East Fork Falls

Entrance Falls

Exit Falls

French Broad Falls

Frolictown Falls

Frozen Creek Shoals Falls

Gemini Falls

Glencannon Falls

Grassy Creek Falls (DuPont)

Graveley Falls

Grogan Creek Falls

Hidden Falls

High Falls (DuPont)

High Falls (Thompson River)

Hilliard (Bearcamp) Falls

Hooker Falls

Hornet Falls

Indian Branch Falls

Indian Camp Falls

Indian Ford Falls

John's Jump Falls

Key Falls

Kiesee Falls (Lower)

Kiesee Falls (Upper)

Lemon Falls

Line Runner Ridge Falls

Logging Road Falls

Log Hollow Falls

Log Hollow Falls (Upper)

Long Branch Falls

Looking Glass Falls

Lower Bearwallow Falls

Lower Rockhouse Creek Falls

Lower Slick Rock Falls

Maple Spring Branch Falls

McCall Mill Shoals Falls

Merge Lane Falls

Merry Falls

Middle Rockhouse Creek Falls

Moore Cove Falls

Moore Cove Falls (unnamed)

Paw Paw Falls

Pigeon Branch Falls

Pounding Mill Falls

Rainbow Falls

Reece Place Falls

Renzulli Falls

Rhapsodie Falls

Sculpted Falls

Shoal Creek Falls

Shower Bath Falls

Shuck Ridge Creek Falls

Sidepocket Falls

Sky Falls

Slate Rock Creek Falls

Slick Rock Falls

Sliding Rock (Looking Glass Creek)

Split Rock Falls

Stairway Falls

Still House Falls

Ted's Falls

Toxaway Falls

Trailside Falls

Triple Falls

Turtleback Falls

Twin Falls (Henry Branch Section)

Twin Falls (Tributary Section)

Upper Avery Creek Falls

Upper Bearwallow Falls

Upper Grassy Falls

Upper Rockhouse Creek Falls

Waterfall on Cove Creek

Waterfall on Hickory Flat Creek

Waterfall on Looking Glass Creek (#1)

Waterfall on Looking Glass Creek (#2)

Waterfall on Looking Glass Creek (#3)

Waterfall on Looking Glass Creek (#4)

Waterfall on Tributary of Henry Branch

White Owl Falls

Whitewater Falls

Williamson Creek Falls

Windy Falls

Wintergreen Falls (DuPont)

Wintergreen Falls (Toxaway River)

Watauga County (9)

Craborchard Falls

Glen Burney Falls

Glen Marie Falls

Hebron Colony Falls

Laurel Creek Falls

Pond Creek Cascades

The Cascades

Waterfall on Boone Fork

Wilson Creek Falls

Wilkes County (2)

Amadehy Falls

Stone Mountain Falls

Yadkin County (1)

North Deep Creek Falls

Yancey County (3)

Crabtree Falls

Roaring Fork Falls

Setrock Creek Falls