Waterfall Hikes in North Carolina (NC)

0 National Parks

768 Major Cities

106 Waterfalls

to explore

North Carolina is home to 106 waterfall hikes, ranging from drive_up walks to unknown adventures. With 0 national parks and diverse landscapes, you'll find cascading waters in pristine wilderness areas and See water falls near major North Carolina cities .

Popular Difficulties

Easy: 40 trails

Moderate: 34 trails

Unknown: 24 trails

Trail Types

Loop: 5 trails

Out And Back: 70 trails

Unknown: 31 trails

Featured Parks

National Parks in North Carolina

Waterfall Hike in North Carolina

Bead and Lace Falls

34.4 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 300 ft

Bemis Camp Falls

32.6 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 300 ft

Berties Falls

45.3 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Betseys Rock Falls

32.2 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 300 ft

Betsy Falls

31.2 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Big Falls

52.2 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Big Falls

48 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 300 ft

Bird Rock Falls

23.9 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Blue Sea Falls

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Bradley Falls

16 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 300 ft

Bridal Veil Falls

13.7 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 4.4 miles

Elevation Gain: 300 ft

Bridal Veil Falls

40.3 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Drive Up

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Burningtown Falls

36.2 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 1.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Camp Minnehaha Falls

20.6 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Carter Falls

29.4 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 1.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 200 ft

Cascade Falls

33 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.8 miles

Elevation Gain: 100 ft

Catheys Creek Falls

43.8 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.2 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Connestee Falls

22.3 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.1 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Courthouse Falls

52 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Crabtree Falls

23.3 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 500 ft

Crystal Falls

48.5 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Cullasaja Falls

38.5 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Drive Up

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Dill Falls

30.2 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Dismal Falls

56.1 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Douglas Falk

21.3 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Dry Falls

40.5 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.3 miles

Elevation Gain: 50 ft

Dutch Creek Falls

41.6 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Fairfield Falls

31.4 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Falls of Gouges Creek

41.5 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 300 ft

Flat Creek Falls

33.2 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 4.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 800 ft

Glen Falls

38.9 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 400 ft

Glencannon Falls

14.5 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Grassy Creek Falls

36.2 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 1.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Great Falls

39.6 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Hickorynut Falls

16.9 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 1.4 miles

Elevation Gain: 200 ft

Hidden Falls

46.3 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 1.2 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

High Falls

12.6 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 1.2 miles

Elevation Gain: 200 ft

High Falls

38.6 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 1.2 miles

Elevation Gain: 200 ft

High Falls

9.6 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 1.2 miles

Elevation Gain: 200 ft

Highlands Falls

12 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Drive Up

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Hooker Falls

37.2 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.9 miles

Elevation Gain: 50 ft

Kennedy Falls

51 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Lanier Falls

38.1 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 5.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 300 ft

Laughing Falls

41.9 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Laurel Creek Falls

29.6 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.3 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Leatherwood Falls

25.2 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.4 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Linville Falls

49.3 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 1.6 miles

Elevation Gain: 250 ft

Little Creek Falls

26.9 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Little Falls

47.1 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Little Falls

45.1 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 1.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Little Falls

30.1 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 1.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Long Hope Falls

25.6 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 4.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 800 ft

Looking Glass Falls

15.6 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Drive Up

Trail Length: 0.1 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Lower Cascade Falls

47.5 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.8 miles

Elevation Gain: 100 ft

Lower Falls

53.2 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 100 ft

Lower Vernal Falls

22.2 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Maidenhair Falls

25.9 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 300 ft

Maidenhair Falls

42.1 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 300 ft

Middle Falls

52.6 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 4.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 400 ft

Mingo Falls

29.8 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 0.4 miles

Elevation Gain: 160 ft

Mitchell Falls

39.2 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 300 ft

Moravian Falls

26.1 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Drive Up

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Mouse Creek Falls

25.9 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 4.2 miles

Elevation Gain: 600 ft

Murphy Falls

38.4 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 4.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 300 ft

Onion Cliff Falls

32.8 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 1.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 200 ft

Onion Falls

47.4 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Pearsons Falls

18.2 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.25 miles

Elevation Gain: 120 ft

Queens Falls

33.8 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 300 ft

Rainbow Falls

50.1 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 3.9 miles

Elevation Gain: 700 ft

Rainbow Falls

40.6 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 3.9 miles

Elevation Gain: 700 ft

Reems Creek Falls

4.6 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 1.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Roaring Spout Falls

41.1 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Rock Creek Falls

24.6 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 500 ft

Santeetlah Bluff Falls

32.9 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 1.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Sassafras Falls

51.7 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 1.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Satulah Falls

37 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Schoolhouse Falls

47 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 2.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 200 ft

Second Falls

18.7 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.6 miles

Elevation Gain: 100 ft

Shoal Creek Falls

10 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 1.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Silvervale Falls

39.1 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.1 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Slatten Falls

53.7 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 1.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Slick Rock Falls

21.8 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.1 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Yellowstone Falls

18.5 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 3.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 400 ft

Woodfin Falls

49.6 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Windy Falls

49.7 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Hard

Trail Length: 3.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Window Falls

33.2 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 1.6 miles

Elevation Gain: 300 ft

Whitewater Falls

37.3 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.6 miles

Elevation Gain: 200 ft

Watauga Falls

29.7 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Walker Falls

57.9 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Drive Up

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Upper Vernal Falls

22.2 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Upper Falls

34.9 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Upper Falls

28.1 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 100 ft

Upper Falls

41.2 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Upper Falls

24.9 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 3.3 miles

Elevation Gain: 500 ft

Upper Falls

18.9 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 3.3 miles

Elevation Gain: 500 ft

Upper Cascade Falls

46.6 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.4 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Twin Falls

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 4.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 500 ft

Turley Falls

6.4 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Triple Falls

23.3 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.9 miles

Elevation Gain: 300 ft

Toxaway Falls

37.8 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Drive Up

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Tory Falls

48.1 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.3 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Toms Falls

6.4 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Thurston Hatcher Falls

33.2 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

The Cascades

21 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.8 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Stewart Falls

32.8 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Soco Falls

36.1 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.2 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Major Cities in North Carolina

Waterfall Hikes Near Charlotte

1.4 M residents

Waterfall Hikes Near Raleigh

1.2 M residents

Waterfall Hikes Near Winston-Salem

427.7 K residents

Waterfall Hikes Near Durham

399.6 K residents

Waterfall Hikes Near Greensboro

347.1 K residents

Waterfall Hikes Near Fayetteville

328.8 K residents

Waterfall Hikes Near Asheville

294 K residents

Waterfall Hikes Near Concord

288.8 K residents

Waterfall Hikes Near Hickory

206 K residents

Waterfall Hikes Near Gastonia

178.2 K residents

Waterfall Hikes Near Cary

174.9 K residents

Waterfall Hikes Near High Point

164.8 K residents

Waterfall Hikes in North Carolina (NC)

Popular Difficulties

Trail Types

Featured Parks

National Parks in North Carolina

Waterfall Hike in North Carolina

Major Cities in North Carolina

Waterfall Hikes Near Charlotte

Waterfall Hikes Near Raleigh

Waterfall Hikes Near Winston-Salem

Waterfall Hikes Near Durham

Waterfall Hikes Near Greensboro

Waterfall Hikes Near Fayetteville

Waterfall Hikes Near Asheville

Waterfall Hikes Near Concord

Waterfall Hikes Near Hickory

Waterfall Hikes Near Gastonia

Waterfall Hikes Near Cary

Waterfall Hikes Near High Point

Waterfall Hikes Near Burlington

Waterfall Hikes Near Greenville

Waterfall Hikes Near Apex

Waterfall Hikes Near Huntersville

Waterfall Hikes Near Chapel Hill

Waterfall Hikes Near Rocky Mount

Waterfall Hikes Near Kannapolis

Waterfall Hikes Near Mooresville

Waterfall Hikes Near Wake Forest

Waterfall Hikes Near Wilson

Waterfall Hikes Near Holly Springs

Waterfall Hikes Near Indian Trail

Waterfall Hikes Near Salisbury

Waterfall Hikes Near Fuquay-Varina

Waterfall Hikes Near Monroe

Waterfall Hikes Near Goldsboro

Waterfall Hikes Near Garner

Waterfall Hikes Near Cornelius

Waterfall Hikes Near Sanford

Waterfall Hikes Near Morrisville

Waterfall Hikes Near Matthews

Waterfall Hikes Near Statesville

Waterfall Hikes Near Kernersville

Waterfall Hikes Near Thomasville

Waterfall Hikes Near Asheboro