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Indian Camp Falls

Transylvania County, North Carolina

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height
Not recorded
Location
Transylvania County, North Carolina
Access status
Partial: state park trails, a creek ford and an unmeasured bushwhack; no published distance
The walk
Not published; the final bushwhack is about a quarter mile each way
Ground & access
Trail and old roads, a creek ford, then an off-trail walk along the creek. Expect wet feet. Waterfall Hero says the bushwhack gets very difficult below the next falls.
Waterfall Hero: Sidepocket and Paw Paw Falls trip report, October 2016

From the Grassy Ridge trailhead, take the Rainbow Falls and Raymond Fisher trails, turn left after about a quarter mile to stay on the blue-blazed Raymond Fisher Trail, cross Chestnut Mountain Road, and continue down to the pond and campground. At the campground, follow a service road past the campsite to a junction and make a sharp right. On the next old road, turn left at the next two intersections and ford Bearwallow Creek. Once across, bushwhack downstream close to the creek past cascades for about a quarter mile to Indian Camp Falls. For a full view, Waterfall Hero waded the creek and climbed onto rocks across from the falls. Below here, cliffs make the route much harder.

Plan your visit

Gorges State Park Grassy Ridge access, Raymond Fisher Trail to the backpack campground, old roads to a ford of Bearwallow Creek, then a bushwhack downstream

Waterfall Hero gives no total distance. It places Indian Camp Falls about a quarter mile downstream of the Bearwallow Creek ford. The trail and old-road section before the ford is not measured in the source.

Trail and old roads, a creek ford, then an off-trail walk along the creek. Expect wet feet. Waterfall Hero says the bushwhack gets very difficult below the next falls.

Where to start

Grassy Ridge Access and Visitor Center, 976 Grassy Ridge Road, Sapphire, NC. NC State Parks gives GPS 35.0960, -82.9510.

Timing & water

Gorges State Park hours vary by month, for example 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. in October; the park is closed on Christmas Day. The route description dates from October 2016.

Before you go

NC State Parks charges no fee for day use at Gorges State Park. The sources do not say whether off-trail travel to these falls is encouraged by the park.

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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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