Best Spring Waterfall Trails near Asheville, North Carolina
Your Guide To: The Best Spring Waterfall Trails near Asheville
It’s spring time and we’re excited for flowers starting to bloom & for trees to turn green again! 🌸🌲
Here’s our round up of the best spring waterfall trails near Asheville ⤵️
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1. Rainbow Falls & Turtleback Falls
Location: Lake Toxaway, NC
Trail Distance: 3.9 miles round trip
Difficulty: Moderate - Challenging
Dog Friendly: Yes, must be leashed
2. Sliding Rock
Location: Pisgah Forest, North Carolina
Trail Distance: 0.3 miles round trip
Difficulty: Easy
Dog Friendly: Yes, must be leashed
A 60-foot natural waterslide!
3. Soco Falls
Location: On the Cherokee Indian Reservation just off US-19 between Cherokee & Maggie Valley
Trail Distance: .2 miles round trip
Difficulty: Easy
Dog Friendly: Yes, must be leashed
This double waterfall can be seen from an observation deck!
4. Dry Falls
Location: Highlands, NC
Trail Distance: 0.25 miles round trip
Difficulty: Easy
Dog Friendly: Yes, must be leashed
A Travel Guides Asheville Favorite!
5. Catawba Falls
Location: Old Fort, North Carolina
Trail Distance: 2 miles round trip
Difficulty: Easy to Moderate
Dog Friendly: Yes, must be leashed
Continue on to Upper Catawba Falls!
6. Linville Falls via Plunge Basin Trail
Location: Newland, NC
Trail Distance: 1.7 miles round trip
Difficulty: Moderate
Dog Friendly: Yes, must be leashed
7. Crabtree Falls
Location: Near Little Switzerland
(off the Blue Ridge Parkway)
Trail Distance: 2.6 miles round trip
Difficulty: Moderate
Dog Friendly: Yes, must be leashed
8. Schoolhouse Falls
Location: Panthertown Valley in the Nantahala National Forest
Trail Distance: 2.6 miles round trip
Difficulty: Easy to Moderate
Dog Friendly: Yes, must be leashed
9. Hooker Falls, High Falls, and Triple Falls
Location: Dupont State Forest - Staton Rd, Cedar Mountain, NC
Trail Distance: 4.5 miles round trip
Difficulty: Easy to Moderate
Dog Friendly: Yes, must be leashed
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