Lemon Falls
Transylvania County, North Carolina
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Transylvania County, North Carolina
- Access status
- Roadside pullout and short steep scramble
- The walk
- A few yards down a steep bank
- Ground & access
- Very short but steep bank scramble. Rocks around the falls are very slippery.
Lemon Falls is a 14 to 20 foot waterfall on Lamance Creek in the Pisgah Ranger District, hidden just below the road. From NC 215, turn on Macedonia Church Road and drive 0.6 miles to a narrow grassy pullout on the left shoulder. The falls is directly below. NC Waterfalls advises walking a few yards toward NC 215 and taking that path, which is easier than the path at the widest part of the pullout.
Plan your visit
Roadside pullout on Macedonia Church Road, then a short steep scramble down to Lemon Falls
NC Waterfalls gives the distance as a few yards; Waterfall Hero lists under 0.1 miles.
Very short but steep bank scramble. Rocks around the falls are very slippery.
Where to start
Narrow grassy pullout on the left shoulder of Macedonia Church Road, 0.6 miles from NC 215. Get completely off the road.
Timing & water
Current conditions not verified.
Before you go
No fee is mentioned in the reviewed sources.
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