North Carolina trails · Waterfall hikes

Waterfall hikes in North Carolina

68 trails in North Carolina reach a named waterfall. Ranked by our data-richness score; every link opens the full stats or the live map.

Trail	Length	Gain	Reaches
Mountains to Sea Trail	11.5 mi	610 ft	Horse Gap, Benge Gap
Skyline Trail	1.5 mi	505 ft	Chimney Rock, Hickorynut Falls
Deeplow Gap Trail	12.1 mi	1,295 ft	Little Creek Falls, Deeplow Gap
Hickory Nut Falls Trail	0.7 mi	204 ft	Hickorynut Falls, Chimney Rock
Big Snowbird	8.5 mi	1,456 ft	Upper Falls, Big Falls
Linville Falls Plunge Pool	0.7 mi	108 ft	Linville Falls, Plunge Basin Overlook
Big Creek Trail	12.6 mi	1,463 ft	Brakeshoe Spring, Mouse Creek Falls
Linville Falls Lower Falls	0.4 mi	263 ft	Linville Falls, Plunge Basin Overlook
Stone Mountain Loop Trail	3.9 mi	799 ft	Stone Mountain, Little Falls
Foothills Trail	6.8 mi	885 ft	Whitewater Falls
Linville Falls Erwins View	0.2 mi	63 ft	Linville Falls, Chimney View
Linville Falls Chimney View	0.1 mi	139 ft	Linville Falls, Plunge Basin Overlook
HIgh Falls Loop	1.4 mi	167 ft	Triple Falls, High Falls
Canebrake Trail	4.6 mi	1,172 ft	Whitewater Falls
Rocky Mount Greenway	3.8 mi	34 ft	Upper Falls, Little Falls
Battle Park Loop	1.2 mi	43 ft	Upper Falls, Little Falls
Tory's Den/Ruben Mountain Trail	1.6 mi	416 ft	Tory Falls, Ruben Mountain
Erwin's View Trail	0.0 mi	7 ft	Linville Falls, Plunge Basin Overlook
Rainbow Falls	1.1 mi	339 ft	Rainbow Falls, Rainbow Falls
Flat Creek Trail	2.6 mi	591 ft	Flat Creek Bald, Flat Creek Falls
Panthertown Valley	3.1 mi	426 ft	Schoolhouse Falls, Salt Rock Overlook
Hidden Falls	0.6 mi	257 ft	Hidden Falls, Window Falls
Glen Falls	1.3 mi	808 ft	Glen Falls, Glen Falls Overlook
Middle Falls	1.1 mi	292 ft	Big Falls, Middle Falls
Little Green	1.0 mi	423 ft	Little Green Mountain, Schoolhouse Falls
Summey Cove	2.0 mi	481 ft	Courthouse Falls
Crabtree Falls Loop Trail	3.0 mi	520 ft	Upper Falls
Window Falls	1.4 mi	508 ft	Window Falls
Cover	4.2 mi	532 ft	Leatherwood Falls
Linville Falls Trails	0.4 mi	44 ft	Linville Falls, Upper Falls Overlook
Dry Falls	0.1 mi	93 ft	Dry Falls, Dry Falls Viewing Platform
Linville Falls Upper Falls	0.1 mi	57 ft	Linville Falls, Upper Falls Overlook
Battle Park Loop - Easy	0.2 mi	17 ft	Upper Falls, Rocky Mount Mill Pond
High Falls Picnic Shelter	0.1 mi	23 ft	High Falls, High Falls Overlook
Glen Falls Trail	0.0 mi	49 ft	Glen Falls, Glen Falls Overlook
Tar River Trail	0.0 mi	2 ft	Upper Falls, Rocky Mount Mill Pond
River Bend Trail	0.1 mi	4 ft	High Falls, High Falls Overlook
Base of the Falls Trail	0.1 mi	4 ft	High Falls, High Falls Overlook
Upper Falls	0.9 mi	219 ft	Upper Falls
Rainbow Falls Trail	0.7 mi	276 ft	Rainbow Falls
Little Bradley Falls Trail	1.0 mi	115 ft	Bradley Falls
Graveyard Fields	1.1 mi	134 ft	Second Falls
Big Bradley Falls Overlook Trail	0.9 mi	169 ft	Bradley Falls
Burntrock Ridge	1.7 mi	532 ft	Middle Falls
Mountains-to-Sea Trail	0.4 mi	142 ft	Carter Falls
Upper Cascades Trail	0.3 mi	116 ft	Upper Cascade Falls
Lower Cascades Trail	0.4 mi	98 ft	Lower Cascade Falls
Tory's Den Cave & Waterfall	0.2 mi	131 ft	Tory Falls
Linville Falls USFS Connector	0.3 mi	109 ft	Linville Falls
Slick Rock Falls	1.0 mi	658 ft	Slick Rock Falls
Second Falls Overlook	0.1 mi	77 ft	Second Falls
Mts Access	0.2 mi	20 ft	Second Falls
Courthouse Falls	0.1 mi	51 ft	Courthouse Falls
Sassafras Creek	1.0 mi	258 ft	Sassafras Falls
Cascade Falls Loop Trail/Mountains to Sea Trail	0.8 mi	196 ft	Cascade Falls
Hilltop Trail	0.9 mi	87 ft	Triple Falls
Leatherwood Loop	0.5 mi	118 ft	Leatherwood Falls
Triple Falls Trail	0.4 mi	152 ft	Triple Falls
Hooker Falls Trail	0.4 mi	101 ft	Hooker Falls
Linville Falls Connector Trail	0.7 mi	52 ft	Linville Falls