Nantahala National Forest

Nantahala National Forest is the largest of the four national forests in North Carolina at more than 530,000 acres in the far western part of the state.

Ranger Districts:


Cheoah Ranger District:


Cheoah Ranger District covers more than 120,000 acres in Graham and Swain Counties including four large mountain lakes.


Nantahala Ranger District:


The Nantahala Ranger District encompasses 250,000 acres in Macon, Jackson and Swain Counties.


Wilderness Areas:


There are three wilderness areas in Nantahala National Forest.

Ellicott Rock Wilderness:


Ellicott Rock Wilderness is located where North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia meet and is jointly managed with Sumter National Forest and Chattahoochee National Forest.


Joyce Kilmer-Slick Wilderness:


Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness protects an area of old growth forest and is partially in Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee.


Waterfalls:


There are a tremendous number of beautiful waterfalls in Nantahala National Forest.

  1. Alarka Falls
  2. Ammons Branch Upper Waterfall
  3. Bald Springs Falls
  4. Bald Springs Lower Falls
  5. Bartram Falls
  6. Bear Creek Falls (Cheoah River)
  7. Berties Falls
  8. Big Falls (Snowbird Creek)
  9. Big Laurel Falls
  10. Bonas Defeat Falls
  11. Bridal Veil Falls
  12. Brooks Creek Falls
  13. Brooks Creek Tributary Waterfall
  14. Buck Creek Falls
  15. Bull Cove Falls
  16. Camp Branch Falls (Nantahala)
  17. Camp Branch Falls (Wayah)
  18. Camp Branch Upper Falls
  19. Camprock Branch Falls
  20. Cane Creek Falls
  21. Carlton Falls
  22. Cascades (Nantahala)
  23. Cashiers Sliding Rock
  24. Cavern Falls
  25. Cavern Lower Falls
  26. Chasm Falls
  27. Charleys Bridge Falls
  28. Chinquapin Falls
  29. Cold Branch Lower Falls
  30. Coyote Falls
  31. Cullasaja Falls
  32. Dill Falls
  33. Dill Upper Falls
  34. Dome Falls
  35. Dry Falls
  36. Dryland Laurel Branch Falls
  37. Elbow Falls
  38. Findley Falls
  39. Fowler Creek Falls
  40. Frolictown Falls
  41. Gage Creek Falls
  42. Grandmas Kitchen Falls
  43. Grandmas Pantry Falls
  44. Granny Burrell Falls
  45. Greenland Creek Falls
  46. Handpole Branch Falls
  47. Herrin Knob Falls
  48. High Falls
  49. Horseshoe Falls
  50. Indian Camp Creek Falls
  51. Inside Passage Falls
  52. Jagged Rock Falls
  53. Jawbone Falls
  54. Kalakaleskies Falls
  55. Leatherwood Falls
  56. Lili's Falls
  57. Little Creek Falls
  58. Lower Falls (Slickrock Creek)
  59. Mac's Falls
  60. Middle Falls (Snowbird Creek)
  61. Middle Creek Falls
  62. Middle Creek Upper Falls
  63. Mooney Falls
  64. Moses Creek Falls
  65. Nantahala Cascades
  66. Nantahala Falls
  67. North Shoal Creek Falls
  68. Panthertown Creek Falls
  69. Picklesimer Rock House Falls
  70. Pinhook Falls
  71. Pothole Falls
  72. Quarry Falls
  73. Rain Forest Falls
  74. Ranger Falls
  75. Ray Cove Falls
  76. Red Butt Falls
  77. Riding Ford Falls
  78. Roy Taylor Falls
  79. Rufus Morgan Falls
  80. Sand Creek Falls
  81. Sassafras Falls
  82. Scadin Falls
  83. Schoolhouse Falls
  84. Scotsman Falls
  85. Scotsman Upper Falls
  86. Shot Pouch Falls
  87. Silver Run Falls
  88. Silver Run Upper Falls
  89. Sugar Creek Falls
  90. Sugar Creek Upper Falls
  91. Talus Cave Falls
  92. Tanasee Creek Falls
  93. Tellico Falls
  94. Upper Falls (Snowbird Creek)
  95. Verlie Falls
  96. Wallace Branch Falls
  97. Wardens Falls
  98. Wesser Falls
  99. Whiteoak Falls
  100. Whitewater Upper Falls
  101. Wilderness Falls
  102. Wolf Mountain Falls
  103. Yellow Patch Falls

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