North Carolina trails · Waterfall hikes

Waterfall hikes in North Carolina

67 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	—	Horse Gap, Benge Gap
Skyline Trail	1.5 mi	—	Chimney Rock, Hickorynut Falls
Deeplow Gap Trail	12.1 mi	—	Little Creek Falls, Deeplow Gap
Hickory Nut Falls Trail	0.7 mi	—	Hickorynut Falls, Chimney Rock
Big Snowbird	8.5 mi	—	Upper Falls, Big Falls
Linville Falls Plunge Pool	0.7 mi	—	Linville Falls, Plunge Basin Overlook
Big Creek Trail	12.6 mi	—	Brakeshoe Spring, Mouse Creek Falls
Linville Falls Lower Falls	0.4 mi	—	Linville Falls, Plunge Basin Overlook
Stone Mountain Loop Trail	3.9 mi	—	Stone Mountain, Little Falls
Foothills Trail	6.8 mi	—	Whitewater Falls
Linville Falls Erwins View	0.2 mi	—	Linville Falls, Chimney View
Linville Falls Chimney View	0.1 mi	—	Linville Falls, Plunge Basin Overlook
High Falls Loop	1.4 mi	—	Triple Falls, High Falls
Canebrake Trail	4.6 mi	—	Whitewater Falls
Battle Park Loop	1.2 mi	—	Upper Falls, Little Falls
Tory's Den/Ruben Mountain Trail	1.6 mi	—	Tory Falls, Ruben Mountain
Erwin's View Trail	0.0 mi	—	Linville Falls, Plunge Basin Overlook
Rainbow Falls	1.1 mi	—	Rainbow Falls, Rainbow Falls
Flat Creek Trail	2.6 mi	—	Flat Creek Bald, Flat Creek Falls
Panthertown Valley	3.1 mi	—	Schoolhouse Falls, Salt Rock Overlook
Hidden Falls	0.6 mi	—	Hidden Falls, Window Falls
Glen Falls	1.3 mi	—	Glen Falls, Glen Falls Overlook
Middle Falls	1.1 mi	—	Big Falls, Middle Falls
Little Green	1.0 mi	—	Little Green Mountain, Schoolhouse Falls
Summey Cove	2.0 mi	—	Courthouse Falls
Window Falls	1.4 mi	—	Window Falls
Cover	4.2 mi	—	Leatherwood Falls
Linville Falls Trails	0.4 mi	—	Linville Falls, Upper Falls Overlook
Dry Falls	0.1 mi	—	Dry Falls, Dry Falls Viewing Platform
Crabtree Falls Loop Trail	2.6 mi	—	Upper Falls
Linville Falls Upper Falls	0.1 mi	—	Linville Falls, Upper Falls Overlook
Battle Park Loop - Easy	0.2 mi	—	Upper Falls, Rocky Mount Mill Pond
High Falls Picnic Shelter	0.1 mi	—	High Falls, High Falls Overlook
Glen Falls Trail	0.0 mi	—	Glen Falls, Glen Falls Overlook
River Bend Trail	0.1 mi	—	High Falls, High Falls Overlook
Base of the Falls Trail	0.1 mi	—	High Falls, High Falls Overlook
Upper Falls	0.9 mi	—	Upper Falls
Rainbow Falls Trail	0.7 mi	—	Rainbow Falls
Little Bradley Falls Trail	1.0 mi	—	Bradley Falls
Graveyard Fields	1.1 mi	—	Second Falls
Big Bradley Falls Overlook Trail	0.9 mi	—	Bradley Falls
Burntrock Ridge	1.7 mi	—	Middle Falls
Mountains-to-Sea Trail	0.4 mi	—	Carter Falls
Upper Cascades Trail	0.3 mi	—	Upper Cascade Falls
Lower Cascades Trail	0.4 mi	—	Lower Cascade Falls
Tory's Den Cave & Waterfall	0.2 mi	—	Tory Falls
Linville Falls USFS Connector	0.3 mi	—	Linville Falls
Slick Rock Falls	1.0 mi	—	Slick Rock Falls
Second Falls Overlook	0.1 mi	—	Second Falls
Mts Access	0.2 mi	—	Second Falls
Courthouse Falls	0.1 mi	—	Courthouse Falls
Sassafras Creek	1.0 mi	—	Sassafras Falls
Cascade Falls Loop Trail/Mountains to Sea Trail	0.8 mi	—	Cascade Falls
Hilltop Trail	0.9 mi	—	Triple Falls
Leatherwood Loop	0.5 mi	—	Leatherwood Falls
Triple Falls Trail	0.4 mi	—	Triple Falls
Dill Falls	0.6 mi	—	Dill Falls
Hooker Falls Trail	0.4 mi	—	Hooker Falls
Linville Falls Connector Trail	0.7 mi	—	Linville Falls
Lanier Falls Trail	0.3 mi	—	Lanier Falls