Kindling Falls
Macon County, North Carolina
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Macon County, North Carolina
- Ground elevation
- About 2,689 ft above sea level
- Nearby mapped stream
- Walnut Creek
- Within this boundary
- Nantahala National Forest
- Nearby mapped access
- Unnamed parking area
A nearby mapped parking area or trailhead may not connect to this waterfall. Confirm the route and public access before travelling.
Kindling Falls is mapped in Macon County, North Carolina, 7.2 miles east of Franklin. This entry shows its location and nearby mapped places; a visitor route has not been confirmed.
About this location
Land & access
The waterfall is mapped inside the boundary of Nantahala National Forest. This boundary can include private land. Public access at the waterfall has not been confirmed.
Water & terrain
Walnut 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 0.4 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.
- Cullasaja FallsRoadside viewpoint on a dangerous highway pullout documented by two accounts and the Forest ServiceMacon County, NC2.3 miS
- Buck Creek FallsPartial guide: no trail, steep bushwhack from a gated forest roadMacon County, NC2.3 miSE
- Crow Creek FallsMacon County, NC2.6 miSW
- Upper Crow Creek FallsMacon County, NC2.6 miSW
- Short Creek FallsNational forest; short bushwhack up a creekMacon County, NC3.9 miS
- Quarry FallsSource-reviewed route and parkingMacon County, NC3.9 miS
- Katies FallsRoadside view of a waterfall on private landMacon County, NC4.0 miN
- Laurel FallsMacon County, NC4.3 miN
- Scandin FallsSteep, dangerous path from a tiny highway pulloutMacon County, NC4.5 miS