Hiking Waterfalls North Carolina: A Guide To The State's Best Waterfall Hikes
From the Blue Ridge Parkway to the Great Smoky Mountains, North Carolina is renowned for its beautiful waterfalls. Hiking Waterfalls in North Carolina includes detailed hike descriptions, maps, and color photos for over 200 of the most scenic waterfalls in the state. Hike descriptions also include history, local trivia, folklore, and GPS coordinates. The book is an ideal complement to the popular FalconGuide Hiking North Carolina, with minimal overlapping content.
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Hiking Waterfalls North Carolina: A Guide To The State's Best Waterfall Hikes
From the Blue Ridge Parkway to the Great Smoky Mountains, North Carolina is renowned for its beautiful waterfalls. Hiking Waterfalls in North Carolina includes detailed hike descriptions, maps, and color photos for over 200 of the most scenic waterfalls in the state. Hike descriptions also include history, local trivia, folklore, and GPS coordinates. The book is an ideal complement to the popular FalconGuide Hiking North Carolina, with minimal overlapping content.
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Hiking Waterfalls North Carolina: A Guide To The State's Best Waterfall Hikes

Hiking Waterfalls North Carolina: A Guide To The State's Best Waterfall Hikes

by Melissa Watson
Hiking Waterfalls North Carolina: A Guide To The State's Best Waterfall Hikes

Hiking Waterfalls North Carolina: A Guide To The State's Best Waterfall Hikes

by Melissa Watson

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Overview

From the Blue Ridge Parkway to the Great Smoky Mountains, North Carolina is renowned for its beautiful waterfalls. Hiking Waterfalls in North Carolina includes detailed hike descriptions, maps, and color photos for over 200 of the most scenic waterfalls in the state. Hike descriptions also include history, local trivia, folklore, and GPS coordinates. The book is an ideal complement to the popular FalconGuide Hiking North Carolina, with minimal overlapping content.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781493035694
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 04/01/2019
Series: Hiking Waterfalls
Edition description: Second Edition
Pages: 312
Sales rank: 383,957
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Melissa Watson is a professional firefighter who has been hiking trails and photographing waterfalls in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia for more than 30 years. Whether searching out new falls or revisiting old favorites, she has become known as a local expert in the field.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction xv

How to Use This Guide xv

For Your Safety xvi

Taking Care of Mother Nature xviii

Map Legend xix

The Hikes

Hiawassee, GA to Clayton, GA, Tate City 1

1 Bull Cove Falls 1

2 Falls on Deep Gap Branch 1

3 Denton Branch Falls (Georgia) 5

Murphy to Franklin 7

4 Big Laurel Falls 7

5 Mooney Falls 9

6 Rufus Morgan Falls 10

Andrews to Franklin 13

7 Whitcoak Creek Falls 13

8 Camp Branch Falls 15

Robbinsville 17

9 Sassafras Falls, Big and Middle Falls on Snowbird Creek 17

Fontana Village 20

10 Twentymile Falls 21

Bryson City to Cherokee 22

11 Alarka Falls 22

12 Juneywhank Falls 26

13 Tom's Branch and Indian Creek Falls 29

14 Mingo Falls 30

Cherokee to Maggie Valley 33

15 Soco Falls 33

Waterville 35

16 Midnight Hole and Mouse Creek Falls 35

Franklin to Highlands 37

17 Cullasaja Falls 37

18 Cascades on the Cullasaja River 39

19 Quarry Falls 39

20 Ranger Falls 41

21 Dry Fails 42

22 Bridal Veil Falls (Highlands) 44

23 Lake Sequoyah Dam 45

Highlands 46

24 Glenn Falls 46

25 Picklesimer Rock House Falls 49

26 Lower Satulah Falls 52

27 Walking Stick Falls 53

28 Secret Falls 54

29 Falls on Skitty Creek 55

Cashiers 56

30 Iron Bridge Falls (Bull Pen Falls) 56

31 Silver Run Falls 59

32 Cashiers Sliding Rock 60

33 Hurricane Falls 62

Cashiers to Tuckasegee 63

34 Grassy Creek Falls (Tuckasegee) 63

Sylva 63

35 Rough Butt Creek Falls 63

Cashiers to Lake Toxaway 66

36 Toxaway Falls 66

37 Waterfalls of the Hotsepasture River: Rainbow, Turtleback, Drift, and Stairway Falls 68

38 Upper Bearwallow Falls 70

39 Falls on Reid Branch and High Falls on the Thompson River 73

40 White Owl Falls 75

41 DEW Falls 76

42 John's Jump Falls 78

43 Whitewater and Laurel Falls 79

44 Hilliard Falls (Bearcamp Falls) 80

45 Wilderness, Frolictown, and Granny Burrell Falls 83

46 Raven Rock Falls 86

47 Macs, Potholes, and Greenland Creek Falls 88

48 Riding Ford and Elbow Falls 90

49 Schoolhouse and Warden's Falls 93

Lake Toxaway to Tuckasegee 95

50 Paradise Falls 95

Rosman to Waynesville, Balsam Grove 97

51 Diamond Creek Falls 97

52 French Broad, Mill Shoals, Rooster Tail, Lower Rooster Tail, and Bird Rock Falls 99

53 Chestnut Falls 103

54 Courthouse Falls 104

55 Dill Falls 105

56 Wildcat Falls and Falls on Flat Laurel Creek 108

57 Bubbling Spring Branch Falls 109

58 Waterfall on Sam Branch and Wash Hollow Falls 111

59 Falls on the West Fork of the Pigeon River 112

Rosman to Waynesville, Sunburst 113

60 Power Falls on Little Beartrap Branch 113

61 Upper Falls on Little Beartrap Branch and Falls on Big Beartrap Branch 115

Rosman to Brevard 119

62 Second Falls at Graveyard Fields 119

63 Upper Falls at Graveyard Fields 120

64 Skinny Dip Hole 122

Rosman, Middle Fork 125

65 McGill Mill Shoals 125

66 Frozen Creek Falls 126

67 Eastatoe Falls 129

68 Pounding Mill Falls 131

69 Cascades on Fast Fork 132

Rosman to Brevard 133

70 Cathey's Creek Falls 133

71 Falls on Kuykendall Creek 135

72 Shuck Ridge Falls 137

73 Waterfall on Avery Creek and Twin Falls 138

74 Looking Glass Falls 142

75 Moore Cove Falls 143

76 Sliding Rock 145

77 Cedar Rock Creek Falls and Fails on Grogan Creek 146

78 Whalebone Falls 149

79 Falls on Cove Creek, Little Sliding Rock, and Cove Creek Falls 150

80 Daniel Ridge Falls (Jackson Falls) and Upper Daniel Ridge Falls 152

81 Fails on Long Branch (Brevard) 155

82 Slick Rock Falls 157

83 Waterfall on Log Hollow Branch and Falls on Tributary of Big Bearpen Branch 158

Brevard to Mills River 161

84 High Fails on the Mills River 161

85 Falls on Tributary of Slate Rock Creek and Pound Pup Falls 163

Brevard 165

86 Laughing Falls 165

87 Key Falls 167

88 Glen Cannon Falls 168

89 Connestec Falls 169

Brevard to Hendersonville 171

90 Bridal Veil Falls in DuPont State Forest 171

91 Cascades on the Green River 173

92 Rock Creek Falls 174

93 Corn Mill Shoals in DuPont State Forest 175

94 Hooker Falls in DuPont State Forest 177

95 Triple, High, and Grassy Creek Falls in DuPont State Forest 179

96 Merry Falls 182

97 Cascade Lake Dam 183

98 Wintergreen Falls in DuPont State Forest 185

Brevard to Asheville, Mills River 186

99 Falls on Long Brach, Hendersonville Reservoir Dam, and Falls on Fletcher Creek 186

100 Lake Powhatan Dam 189

Hendersonville to Tryon, Saluda 191

101 Pearson's Falls 191

102 Melrose Falls 193

103 Big Bradley Falls 195

104 Little Bradley Falls 196

105 Shunkawauken Falls 198

Hendersonville to Lake Lure, Chimney Rock 199

106 Hickory Nut Falls 199

Black Mountain to Old Fort, Montreat 201

107 Graybeard Falls 201

108 Falls on Clover Patch Branch, Catawba River Dam Falls, and Catawba Falls 205

109 Falls on Hickory Branch 207

Asheville to Mount Mitchell State Park, Burnsville 209

110 Walker Falls 209

111 Douglas Falls 211

112 Glassmine Falls 212

Burnsville to Marion, Spruce Pine 213

113 Setrock Creek Falls 213

114 Roaring Fork Falls 216

115 Crabtree Falls 217

116 Tom's Creek Falls 219

Linville Falls to Linville 223

117 English Falls 223

118 Lower and Upper Linville Falls 224

119 Duggers Creek Falls 227

Linville to Morganton, Cold Springs 228

120 Low Fills of Upper Creek 228

121 Upper Falls of Upper Greek 231

Linville to Lenoir 232

122 North Harper Creek Falls 232

123 South Harper Creek Falls 236

124 Bard Falls 237

125 Hunt Fish Falls 239

126 Harper Creek Falls 241

Newland 243

127 Falls on Blood Camp Branch 243

128 Elk River Falls 245

Lenoir to Blowing Rock 247

129 Falls on Green Mountain Creek 247

130 Hebron Rock Colony Falls 248

131 Glen Burney and Glen Marie Falls 251

132 Silvervale Falls 253

Boone to Wilkesboro 254

133 Cascade Falls 254

Morganton to Hickory, Valdese 256

134 McGalliard Falls 256

Morganton to LincoInton 259

135 High Shoals Falls in South Mountains State Park 259

136 Pot Branch Falls 263

Moravian Falls to Taylorsville 264

137 Moravian Falls 264

Elkin to Sparta, Wilkesboro 265

138 Stone Mountain, Middle, and Lower Falls in Stone Mountain State Park 265

139 Widow's Creek Falls in Stone Mountain State Park 269

Winston-Salem to Yadkinville 270

140 Shore-Styers Mill Falls 270

Mount Airy to Madison, Winston-Salem 272

141 Hidden and Window Falls in Hanging Rock State Park 272

142 Upper Cascades in Hanging Rock State Park 274

143 Lower Cascades in Hanging Rock Stare Park 275

144 Waterfall off Moore's Springs Road in Hanging Rock State Park 277

145 Tory's Falls in Hanging Rock State Park 277

Greensboro 279

146 Serenity Falls (Bog Garden) 279

Durham 282

147 Upper and Lower Falls on Mountain Creek 282

Fayetteville 285

148 Falls at Clark Park 285

Index 289

About the Author 292

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