Linville Falls - MP 316.3 on Blue Ridge Parkway

Height:  Two falls, 12 feet and 60 feet

Trail length: Several trails from .5 to .8 mile

Difficulty:  Easy to moderately strenuous

Second Falls - MP 418.8 on Blue Ridge Parkway

Height:  60 feet

Trail length:  .3 mile

Difficulty:  Moderate, with steps

Soco Falls - On US 19, 10.5 miles NE of Cherokee

Height:  50 feet

Trail length:  Steep, 200-foot decent to base

Difficulty:  moderate

Whitewater Falls - Off NC 281, 8.6 miles south of Sapphire

Jackson/Transylvania Counties

Height:  411 feet

Trail length: .2 mile

Difficulty:  Easy handicapped-accessible paved trail to top overlook; long series of steps of moderate difficulty down to middle overlook

Bridal Veil Falls - Along US 64 west of Highlands

Height:  60 feet

Trail length:  Roadside

Difficulty:  None

Cullasaja Falls - Along US 64 north of Franklin

Height:  Terraced falls, about 250 feet

Trail length: Roadside view only; no trail

Difficulty:  The difficulty one encounters involves extremely limited parking along a winding, heavily-trafficked highway

Dry Falls - Off US 64 west of Highlands

Height:  80 feet

Trail length:  Handicapped-accessible overlook from parking area

Difficulty:  Paved trail with steps lead down to falls; wide path goes behind falls to opposite side

Glen Falls - Off NC 106 south of Highlands

Height:  Three distinct drops of 70, 60, and 15 feet

Trail length:  .75 mile

Difficulty:  Moderately strenuous

Pearson’s Falls - Off US 176 west of Tryon

Operated by Tryon Garden Club; admission charged

Height:  90 feet

Trail length and difficulty:  .3 mile, easy-to-moderate

Hidden Falls - Hanging Rock State Park

Height:  15 feet

Trail length:  .4 mile

Difficulty:  Easy-to-moderate

Lower Cascades - Hanging Rock State Park

Height:  25 feet

Trail length:  .3 mile

Difficulty:  Moderately strenuous with steps

Tory Falls - Hanging Rock State Park

Height:  100 feet

Trail length:  .25 mile

Difficulty:  Easy to moderate

Upper Cascades - Hanging Rock State Park

Height:  35 feet

Trail length:  .3 mile

Difficulty:  Moderate with steps

Window Falls - Hanging Rock State Park

Height:  30 feet

Trail length:  .6 mile

Difficulty:  Moderate

Mingo Falls - Outside of Cherokee

Qualla Indian Reservation

Height:  150 feet

Trail length:  .25 mile

Difficulty:  Moderately strenuous

High Falls - DuPont State Forest

Height:  100 feet

Trail length:  1.25 mile

Difficulty:  Moderately strenuous

Hooker Falls - DuPont State Forest

Height:  15 feet

Trail length:  .25 mile

Difficulty:  Easy

Looking Glass Falls - Along US 276 north of Brevard

Height:  60 feet

Trail length:  Roadside view; short trail to base

Difficulty:  Easy

Triple Falls - DuPont State Forest

Height:  100 feet

Trail length:  .5 mile

Difficulty:  Moderate

Crabtree Falls - MP 339.5 on Blue Ridge Parkway

Height:  70 feet

Trail length:  .9 mile

Difficulty:  Moderately strenuous