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. Cavern Falls
  24. Cavern Lower Falls
  25. Chasm Falls
  26. Charleys Bridge Falls
  27. Chinquapin Falls
  28. Cold Branch Lower Falls
  29. Cullasaja Falls
  30. Dill Falls
  31. Dill Upper Falls
  32. Dome Falls
  33. Dry Falls
  34. Dryland Laurel Branch Falls
  35. Elbow Falls
  36. Findley Falls
  37. Fowler Creek Falls
  38. Frolictown Falls
  39. Gage Creek Falls
  40. Grandmas Kitchen Falls
  41. Grandmas Pantry Falls
  42. Granny Burrell Falls
  43. Greenland Creek Falls
  44. Handpole Branch Falls
  45. Herrin Knob Falls
  46. High Falls
  47. Horseshoe Falls
  48. Indian Camp Creek Falls
  49. Inside Passage Falls
  50. Jagged Rock Falls
  51. Jawbone Falls
  52. Kalakaleskies Falls
  53. Leatherwood Falls
  54. Lili's Falls
  55. Little Creek Falls
  56. Lower Falls (Slickrock Creek)
  57. Mac's Falls
  58. Middle Falls (Snowbird Creek)
  59. Middle Creek Falls
  60. Middle Creek Upper Falls
  61. Mooney Falls
  62. Moses Creek Falls
  63. Nantahala Cascades
  64. Nantahala Falls
  65. North Shoal Creek Falls
  66. Panthertown Creek Falls
  67. Picklesimer Rock House Falls
  68. Pinhook Falls
  69. Pothole Falls
  70. Quarry Falls
  71. Rain Forest Falls
  72. Ranger Falls
  73. Ray Cove Falls
  74. Red Butt Falls
  75. Riding Ford Falls
  76. Roy Taylor Falls
  77. Rufus Morgan Falls
  78. Sand Creek Falls
  79. Sassafras Falls
  80. Scadin Falls
  81. Schoolhouse Falls
  82. Scotsman Falls
  83. Scotsman Upper Falls
  84. Shot Pouch Falls
  85. Silver Run Falls
  86. Silver Run Upper Falls
  87. Sugar Creek Falls
  88. Sugar Creek Upper Falls
  89. Talus Cave Falls
  90. Tanasee Creek Falls
  91. Tellico Falls
  92. Upper Falls (Snowbird Creek)
  93. Verlie Falls
  94. Wallace Branch Falls
  95. Wardens Falls
  96. Wesser Falls
  97. Whiteoak Falls
  98. Whitewater Upper Falls
  99. Wilderness Falls
  100. Wolf Mountain Falls
  101. Yellow Patch Falls

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