Accessibility – Moderate
Height – 40′-50′
Distance – 1.2 miles (out and back)
Beauty – 6
Photo rating – 5
Solitude – 7
GPS Info: LAT 35.29531 LONG -82.69982
Last Update – 12-27-2024
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Note: After I hiked this waterfall, I had someone tell me this waterfall was on private property. When I told them it wasn’t they told me the road to it is on private property. As best I can tell by the maps I have, the waterfall and road are within Pisgah Forest.
Trailhead Directions: From the intersection of US64/NC280/US276 in Brevard, take NC280 East for 0.8 miles and make a left into Old NC280. Remain on Old NC280 for 0.2 of a mile to Turkey Creek Road and make a left. This is SR1360. Follow this until it ends at a wide area at a gate. Park where without blocking the gate heading up the hill or the one leading down to the creek.
The Hike: From the paring area walk past the gate heading down and to the right. Almost immediately you will see the creek crossing the road. There is no way to rock hop it so you will have to cross the creek as best you can, start up the hill on the other side and take the road that branches to the right as it climbs away from the creek. The road tops out after 0.4 miles, very close to this point. 35.29498 -82.70041. This was the point where we left the right side of the road for the scramble down to the creek. It is extremely steep and overgrown getting down the bank to creek level. It’s less than a tenth of a mile to get to the creek, but it is slow going. I happened to be there when the water was raging, so I have no idea what this one looks like in normal flows.
