Bottomless Pools
Rutherford County, North Carolina
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Rutherford County, North Carolina
- Ground elevation
- About 1,051 ft above sea level
- Nearby mapped stream
- Pool Creek
- Nearby mapped access
- Mapped parking area (route unconfirmed)
A nearby mapped parking area or trailhead may not connect to this waterfall. Confirm the route and public access before travelling.
Bottomless Pools is mapped in Rutherford County, North Carolina, 1.6 miles west of Lake Lure. This entry shows its location and nearby mapped places; a visitor route has not been confirmed.
About this location
Land & access
No named land ownership record was found at this location. This does not establish whether the land is public or private.
Water & terrain
Pool Creek is mapped within 60 metres (about 200 feet) of the waterfall. Proximity alone does not confirm which stream feeds the falls.
Ground elevation is the land’s height above sea level, not the waterfall’s drop.
Sources for these details
Nearby streams and paths: OpenStreetMap. Land names: USGS PAD-US ownership records, with planning boundaries used only where ownership has no usable name. Ground elevation: USGS 3D Elevation Program.
Map records do not verify a walking route or current access conditions.
Before you make the trip
The closest mapped parking is 0.6 mi away in a straight line. This is not a walking distance.
Trail length, parking rules and current conditions have not been confirmed for this entry.
More waterfalls nearby
Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.
Hickory Nut FallsState park trail with admission fee; official trail descriptionRutherford County, NC1.6 miW- Wolf Creek FallsRutherford County, NC1.6 miW
- Pool Creek FallsRutherford County, NC1.7 miSW
- Upper Pool Creek FallsRutherford County, NC1.7 miSW
- Silver FallsRutherford County, NC2.0 miNW
Rainbow FallsDistant view only from Inspiration Point; admission fee; falls not open to the publicRutherford County, NC2.0 miNW- Camp Minnehaha FallsBuncombe County, NC3.9 miNW
- Broad River FallsBuncombe County, NC4.9 miNW
- Tom's FallsBuncombe County, NC5.9 miNW