Jagged Rock Falls

Macon County, North Carolina

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height: Not recorded
Location: Macon County, North Carolina
Access status: Roadside view near a forest road pull-off
The walk: About 0.1 miles each way
Ground & access: Roadside. Watch for traffic on Wayah Road. The rocks around the falls are slippery.

Waterfall Hero: Jagged Rock Falls (Nantahala)

Jagged Rock Falls is a 40-foot roadside waterfall on a small tributary of the Nantahala River. Park just past the Old River Road bridge, walk back across the bridge, and the falls are directly across from where Old River Road splits from Wayah Road. The stream is small and needs high water to look good. Whiteoak Falls is visible upstream from the same bridge.

Plan your visit

Pull-off on Old River Road by the Whiteoak Creek bridge, short walk back to the Wayah Road junction for the roadside view

Waterfall Hero lists the walk as 0.1 miles: back across the Old River Road bridge to the junction with Wayah Road.

Roadside. Watch for traffic on Wayah Road. The rocks around the falls are slippery.

Where to start

Pull-off on the right immediately after the bridge over Whiteoak Creek on unpaved Old River Road, which leaves Wayah Road 4.1 miles from US 74. Published coordinates: 35.25018, -83.64048.

Timing & water

No closure is stated. Best after rain; low flow in dry weather.

Before you go

Nantahala National Forest; no fee is stated by the source.

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

Macon County, North Carolina.

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