Grogan Creek Falls

Transylvania County, North Carolina

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height: Not recorded
Location: Transylvania County, North Carolina
Access status: Forest Service trails with a short scramble; two firsthand sources agree
The walk: About 3.6 miles return
Ground & access: Easy to moderate trails, partly shared with mountain bikes in winter, then a tricky root-assisted scramble to the base. Stay away from the top of the falls.

Waterfall Hero Hikes: Grogan Creek Falls (Pisgah)

From the fish hatchery lot, pass the gate on FR 475C and turn right onto the Cat Gap Loop Trail (#120). Rock-hop Cedar Rock Creek, climb past the Cedar Rock Falls side path at 0.7 miles, and at 0.8 miles turn right onto Butter Gap Trail (#123) at Picklesimer Fields. Pass the Long Branch Trail junction at 1.4 miles and stay on Butter Gap Trail. At 1.8 miles, where the top of the 15 to 20 foot falls is obvious beside the trail, take the scramble path that cuts hard left and down to the base. Return the same way.

Plan your visit

Cat Gap Loop and Butter Gap trails from the Pisgah fish hatchery to Grogan Creek Falls

Waterfall Hero gives 3.6 miles for the whole out-and-back hike, with the falls path at 1.8 miles. The legacy account gives 2 miles one way via its route.

Easy to moderate trails, partly shared with mountain bikes in winter, then a tricky root-assisted scramble to the base. Stay away from the top of the falls.

Where to start

Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education and fish hatchery lot, 1.4 miles up FS 475 from US 276.

Timing & water

Open year round. The Forest Service opens the Butter Gap Trail section below Long Branch Trail to mountain bikes from October 15 to April 15.

Before you go

National forest trailhead; no fee is stated by the sources.

Visitor information

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More waterfalls nearby

Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.

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Waterfall location

Transylvania County, North Carolina.

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