Pisgah National Forest

Pisgah National Forest in western North Carolina encompasses more than 500,000 acres of protected lands the mountains.

Ranger Districts:

There are three ranger districts that make up Pisgah National Forest.

Appalachian Ranger District:

The Appalachian Ranger District is located northwest and northeast of Asheville.

Grandfather Ranger District:

The Grandfather Ranger District is located south and east of the Blue Ridge Parkway between Old Fort and Blowing Rock.

Pisgah Ranger District:

The Pisgah Ranger District is located southwest of Asheville in Transylvania, Buncombe, Henderson and Haywood Counties.

Wilderness Areas:

There are three wilderness areas in Pisgah National Forest.

Linville Gorge Wilderness:

Linville Gorge Wilderness preserves the rugged gorge formed by Linville River in the Grandfather Ranger District.

Middle Prong Wilderness:

Middle Prong Wilderness protects the Middle Prong of West Fork Pigeon River in the Pisgah Ranger District.

Waterfalls:

Pisgah National Forest is home to hundreds of waterfalls.

1. Avery Creek Falls
2. Avery Creek Upper Falls
3. Bard Falls
4. Barnett Branch Trail Falls
5. Berry Branch Falls
6. Big Beartrap Falls
7. Big Bearwallow Falls
8. Big Creek Falls
9. Brushy Ridge Falls
10. Bubbling Spring Branch Cascades
11. Bubbling Spring Branch Lower Falls
12. Bubbling Spring Branch Upper Falls
13. Buckeye Falls
14. Burnthouse Branch Falls
15. Caney Bottom Falls
16. Catwaba Falls
17. Catawba Lower Falls
18. Catawba Upper Falls
19. Cathedral Falls
20. Catheys Creek Falls
21. Cedar Rock Falls
22. Cedar Rock Upper Falls
23. Chestnut Cove Branch Falls
24. Clawhammer Falls
25. Cody Falls
26. Corbin Creek Falls
27. Courthouse Falls
28. Cove Creek Falls
29. Discovery Falls
30. Double Branch Falls
31. Douglas Falls
32. Drift Falls
33. Elk River Falls
34. Forrest Falls
35. FR-74 Waterfall
36. Gemini Falls
37. Gragg Prong Falls
38. Gragg Prong Middle Falls
39. Gragg Prong Upper Falls
40. Grogan Creek Falls
41. Harper Creek Falls
42. Hickory Branch Falls
43. Hickory Branch Upper Falls
44. Hidden Falls
45. Hidden Dome Falls
46. High Falls (Thompson River)
47. Hunt Fish Falls
48. Hunt Fish Sidekick Falls
49. John Neal Falls
50. Kuykendall Falls
51. Laughing Falls
52. Laurel Fork Falls
53. Laurel Fork Lower Falls
54. Laurie Falls
55. Lemon Falls
56. Little Beartrap Falls
57. Little Bird Falls
58. Little Moore Cove Falls
59. Little Wildcat Falls
60. Log Hollow Falls
61. Log Hollow Upper Falls
62. Logging Road Falls
63. Long Branch Falls
64. Looking Glass Falls
65. Looking Glass Creek Waterfall 1
66. Looking Glass Creek Waterfall 2
67. Looking Glass Creek Waterfall 3
68. Middle Prong Falls
69. Moore Cove Falls
70. Moore Cove Upper Falls
71. Mount Hardy Falls
72. Newt Falls
73. North Harper Creek Falls
74. Phillips Branch Falls
75. Rainbow Falls
76. Raven Cliff Falls
77. Reid Branch Falls
78. Roaring Fork Falls
79. Rockhouse Creek Lower Falls
80. Sam Branch Falls
81. Sam Branch Lower Falls
82. Second Falls
83. Setrock Creek Falls
84. Simon Falls
85. Skinny Dip Falls
86. Slick Rock Falls
87. Slick Rock Lower Falls
88. Sliding Rock
89. Stairway Falls
90. Steels Creek Upper Falls
91. Sunburst Falls
92. Ten Foot Falls
93. Thorps Creek Falls
94. Thunderhole Falls
95. Thunderhole Lower Falls
96. Toms Creek Falls
97. Toms Spring Falls
98. Toms Spring Upper Falls
99. Tucker Creek Falls
100. Turtleback Falls
101. Twin Falls
102. Twin Boulder Falls
103. Upper Falls
104. Upper Creek Falls
105. Walker Falls
106. Walker Hollow Falls
107. Wash Hollow Falls
108. West Prong Hickey Fork Falls
109. Whaleback Falls
110. Whiteoak Creek Falls
111. Whiteoak Flats Falls
112. Wildcat Falls
113. Wildcat Lower Falls
114. Wolfden Falls
115. Woodruff Branch Falls
116. Yellowstone Falls

External Links:

US Forest Service website: https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/nfsnc/recarea/?recid=48114