Cherry Cove Falls
Transylvania County, North Carolina
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Transylvania County, North Carolina
- Access status
- Detailed firsthand route on unofficial paths from a Forest Service road
- The walk
- Approximately 2.4 miles return
- Ground & access
- Forest road and unmaintained paths with two easy creek crossings and a steep climb at the end. The author rates it easy to difficult.
Park on FS 475B (Headwaters Road) 0.15 miles from US 276, just before the bridge. Walk the gated FS 5032 across the road; pass the gate in 80 yards and continue to a sharp 180-degree right turn in under half a mile. Ten yards before the turn take the obvious path on the left along an old logging grade. At the split go right and climb; pass a side path to Bennett Cove Falls and make two easy creek crossings. After the second crossing take the path on the right, turn right again in under 100 feet, and climb beside a long sliding waterfall. At the top the path splits; go left away from the creek and climb steeply a little under 0.2 miles to a faint side path down to the two-level, 64-foot Cherry Cove Falls. Return the same way.
Plan your visit
Gated FS 5032 and old logging grades from Headwaters Road to Cherry Cove Falls
NCWaterfalls.com lists the hike distance as 1.2 miles, which on that site is the one-way figure.
Forest road and unmaintained paths with two easy creek crossings and a steep climb at the end. The author rates it easy to difficult.
Where to start
Pull-in on the left of FS 475B, 0.15 miles from US 276. US 276 reaches FS 475B 10.3 miles north of the US 64 junction in Brevard or 4.7 miles south of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Trailhead GPS 35.3391, -82.792.
Timing & water
No seasonal closure is stated. FS 475B is unpaved.
Before you go
National forest; no fee is stated by the source.
Visitor informationVisit sources
More waterfalls nearby
Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.
- Bennett Cove FallsPublished route on national forest land; informal side pathsTransylvania County, NC0.2 miNE
- Discovery FallsNational forest; forest road and unofficial pathTransylvania County, NC0.5 miS
Log Hollow FallsGated forest road walk; easyTransylvania County, NC0.7 miS
Upper Log Hollow FallsForest road walk and steep side path in Pisgah National ForestTransylvania County, NC0.7 miS- Logging Road FallsEasy walk on a gated forest roadTransylvania County, NC0.9 miS
- Upper Logging Road FallsNational forest; forest road then a short off-trail climbTransylvania County, NC0.9 miSW
- Justus Cove FallsTransylvania County, NC1.0 miSE
- No-Name Cove FallsSide path and faint path; scramble to the upper baseTransylvania County, NC1.0 miNE
- Big Bearpen FallsTransylvania County, NC1.2 miS