Little Bird Falls
Haywood County, North Carolina
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Haywood County, North Carolina
- Access status
- Wilderness path; very short walk from NC 215
- The walk
- About 0.1 miles each way
- Ground & access
- Easy but short scramble up a bank, then a faint path. Rocks are slippery.
From the Blue Ridge Parkway at Beech Gap, drive north on NC 215 for 5.7 miles to where the road crosses Green Creek. The pull-off just before the creek is small and grassy and easy to miss; the older guide suggests a bigger pull-off about a quarter mile farther and walking back. Cross Green Creek on the road and look for a faint scramble path up the bank just over the guardrail, then follow a path upstream on the left bank (facing downstream) about 0.1 miles to the 20 foot falls.
Plan your visit
Small pull-off on NC 215 at the Green Creek crossing, path upstream on the left bank (facing downstream) to the falls
Take a Hike and Waterfall Hero both give about 0.1 miles from the road to the falls.
Easy but short scramble up a bank, then a faint path. Rocks are slippery.
Where to start
Small grassy pull-off on NC 215 at Green Creek, or a larger pull-off about a quarter mile farther north. Published trailhead coordinates: 35.35109, -82.91248.
Timing & water
Small creek; flow can be a trickle in dry weather.
Before you go
No fee is mentioned in the sources read. Middle Prong Wilderness, Pisgah National Forest.
Visitor informationVisit sources
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