Waterfall Hikes in North Carolina (NC)

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106 Waterfalls

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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 waterfall

Bead and Lace Falls

19.8 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 300 ft

Bemis Camp Falls waterfall

Bemis Camp Falls

33.3 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 300 ft

Berties Falls waterfall

Berties Falls

28.6 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Betseys Rock Falls waterfall

Betseys Rock Falls

18.3 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 300 ft

Betsy Falls waterfall

Betsy Falls

44.1 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Big Falls waterfall

Big Falls

35.3 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Big Falls waterfall

Big Falls

34.1 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 300 ft

Bird Rock Falls waterfall

Bird Rock Falls

31.5 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Blue Sea Falls waterfall

Blue Sea Falls

67.9 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Bradley Falls waterfall

Bradley Falls

40.2 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 300 ft

Bridal Veil Falls waterfall

Bridal Veil Falls

3.5 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 4.4 miles

Elevation Gain: 300 ft

Bridal Veil Falls waterfall

Bridal Veil Falls

13.7 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Drive Up

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Burningtown Falls waterfall

Burningtown Falls

30.4 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 1.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Camp Minnehaha Falls waterfall

Camp Minnehaha Falls

33.5 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Carter Falls waterfall

Carter Falls

21.4 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 1.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 200 ft

Cascade Falls waterfall

Cascade Falls

15.1 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.8 miles

Elevation Gain: 100 ft

Catheys Creek Falls waterfall

Catheys Creek Falls

34.2 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.2 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Connestee Falls waterfall

Connestee Falls

70.2 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.1 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Courthouse Falls waterfall

Courthouse Falls

13.9 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Crabtree Falls waterfall

Crabtree Falls

20.1 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 500 ft

Crystal Falls waterfall

Crystal Falls

20.6 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Cullasaja Falls waterfall

Cullasaja Falls

13.2 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Drive Up

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Dill Falls waterfall

Dill Falls

17.3 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Dismal Falls waterfall

Dismal Falls

54.3 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Douglas Falk waterfall

Douglas Falk

66.8 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Dry Falls waterfall

Dry Falls

57.6 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.3 miles

Elevation Gain: 50 ft

Dutch Creek Falls waterfall

Dutch Creek Falls

20.6 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Fairfield Falls waterfall

Fairfield Falls

27.3 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Falls of Gouges Creek waterfall

Falls of Gouges Creek

44 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 300 ft

Flat Creek Falls waterfall

Flat Creek Falls

21.2 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 4.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 800 ft

Glen Falls waterfall

Glen Falls

38.9 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 400 ft

Glencannon Falls waterfall

Glencannon Falls

12.4 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Grassy Creek Falls waterfall

Grassy Creek Falls

18 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 1.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Great Falls waterfall

Great Falls

46.6 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Hickorynut Falls waterfall

Hickorynut Falls

30.9 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 1.4 miles

Elevation Gain: 200 ft

Hidden Falls waterfall

Hidden Falls

21.1 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 1.2 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

High Falls waterfall

High Falls

20.5 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 1.2 miles

Elevation Gain: 200 ft

High Falls waterfall

High Falls

62.2 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 1.2 miles

Elevation Gain: 200 ft

High Falls waterfall

High Falls

28.7 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 1.2 miles

Elevation Gain: 200 ft

Highlands Falls waterfall

Highlands Falls

12 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Drive Up

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Hooker Falls waterfall

Hooker Falls

19.1 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.9 miles

Elevation Gain: 50 ft

Kennedy Falls waterfall

Kennedy Falls

12.3 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Lanier Falls waterfall

Lanier Falls

42 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 5.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 300 ft

Laughing Falls waterfall

Laughing Falls

12.7 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Laurel Creek Falls waterfall

Laurel Creek Falls

35.5 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.3 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Leatherwood Falls waterfall

Leatherwood Falls

26.6 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.4 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Linville Falls waterfall

Linville Falls

12.7 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 1.6 miles

Elevation Gain: 250 ft

Little Creek Falls waterfall

Little Creek Falls

37 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Little Falls waterfall

Little Falls

39.3 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Little Falls waterfall

Little Falls

60.4 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 1.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Little Falls waterfall

Little Falls

61.1 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 1.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Long Hope Falls waterfall

Long Hope Falls

32.8 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 4.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 800 ft

Looking Glass Falls waterfall

Looking Glass Falls

39.1 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Drive Up

Trail Length: 0.1 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Lower Cascade Falls waterfall

Lower Cascade Falls

21.5 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.8 miles

Elevation Gain: 100 ft

Lower Falls waterfall

Lower Falls

29.1 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 100 ft

Lower Vernal Falls waterfall

Lower Vernal Falls

17.2 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Maidenhair Falls waterfall

Maidenhair Falls

14.1 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 300 ft

Maidenhair Falls waterfall

Maidenhair Falls

14 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 300 ft

Middle Falls waterfall

Middle Falls

40.4 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 4.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 400 ft

Mingo Falls waterfall

Mingo Falls

24.2 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 0.4 miles

Elevation Gain: 160 ft

Mitchell Falls waterfall

Mitchell Falls

38.7 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 300 ft

Moravian Falls waterfall

Moravian Falls

18.3 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Drive Up

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Mouse Creek Falls waterfall

Mouse Creek Falls

13.8 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 4.2 miles

Elevation Gain: 600 ft

Murphy Falls waterfall

Murphy Falls

20.6 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 4.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 300 ft

Onion Cliff Falls waterfall

Onion Cliff Falls

44.4 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 1.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 200 ft

Onion Falls waterfall

Onion Falls

6.7 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Pearsons Falls waterfall

Pearsons Falls

39.4 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.25 miles

Elevation Gain: 120 ft

Queens Falls waterfall

Queens Falls

53.1 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 300 ft

Rainbow Falls waterfall

Rainbow Falls

20.2 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 3.9 miles

Elevation Gain: 700 ft

Rainbow Falls waterfall

Rainbow Falls

31.5 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 3.9 miles

Elevation Gain: 700 ft

Reems Creek Falls waterfall

Reems Creek Falls

59.2 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 1.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Roaring Spout Falls waterfall

Roaring Spout Falls

31.9 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Rock Creek Falls waterfall

Rock Creek Falls

9.4 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 500 ft

Santeetlah Bluff Falls waterfall

Santeetlah Bluff Falls

33.6 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 1.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Sassafras Falls waterfall

Sassafras Falls

35.9 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 1.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Satulah Falls waterfall

Satulah Falls

37.2 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Schoolhouse Falls waterfall

Schoolhouse Falls

27.2 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 2.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 200 ft

Second Falls waterfall

Second Falls

56.6 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.6 miles

Elevation Gain: 100 ft

Shoal Creek Falls waterfall

Shoal Creek Falls

59.8 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 1.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Silvervale Falls waterfall

Silvervale Falls

17 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.1 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Slatten Falls waterfall

Slatten Falls

30.7 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 1.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Slick Rock Falls waterfall

Slick Rock Falls

40.3 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.1 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Yellowstone Falls waterfall

Yellowstone Falls

56.9 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 3.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 400 ft

Woodfin Falls waterfall

Woodfin Falls

11.5 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Windy Falls waterfall

Windy Falls

24.8 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Hard

Trail Length: 3.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Window Falls waterfall

Window Falls

21.2 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 1.6 miles

Elevation Gain: 300 ft

Whitewater Falls waterfall

Whitewater Falls

20.9 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.6 miles

Elevation Gain: 200 ft

Watauga Falls waterfall

Watauga Falls

14.6 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Walker Falls waterfall

Walker Falls

53.3 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Drive Up

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Upper Vernal Falls waterfall

Upper Vernal Falls

17.1 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Upper Falls waterfall

Upper Falls

61.2 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Upper Falls waterfall

Upper Falls

53.6 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 100 ft

Upper Falls waterfall

Upper Falls

47.1 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Upper Falls waterfall

Upper Falls

53.9 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 3.3 miles

Elevation Gain: 500 ft

Upper Falls waterfall

Upper Falls

55.5 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 3.3 miles

Elevation Gain: 500 ft

Upper Cascade Falls waterfall

Upper Cascade Falls

20.5 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.4 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Twin Falls waterfall

Twin Falls

20.7 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 4.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 500 ft

Turley Falls waterfall

Turley Falls

34.9 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Triple Falls waterfall

Triple Falls

4.5 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.9 miles

Elevation Gain: 300 ft

Toxaway Falls waterfall

Toxaway Falls

50.4 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Drive Up

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Tory Falls waterfall

Tory Falls

19.6 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.3 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Toms Falls waterfall

Toms Falls

20.3 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Thurston Hatcher Falls waterfall

Thurston Hatcher Falls

42.1 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

The Cascades waterfall

The Cascades

64.3 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.8 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Stewart Falls waterfall

Stewart Falls

33.5 miles away

North Carolina

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Soco Falls waterfall

Soco Falls

24.1 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