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
