Logging Road Falls

Transylvania County, North Carolina

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height: Not recorded
Location: Transylvania County, North Carolina
Access status: Easy walk on a gated forest road
The walk: About 2 miles return (just under 1 mile each way)
Ground & access: Gated gravel forest road with easy grades. The stream is small and the falls is often overgrown.

Logging Road Falls is a waterfall on a small tributary in the Davidson River area of the Pisgah Ranger District, right beside an old logging road. Start at the gate on FS 5043 on the outside of the sharp curve on FS 475B. At 0.2 miles is a wide wooden bridge; continue 0.3 miles to another bridge just below Log Hollow Falls; from there it is a little over 0.4 miles to Logging Road Falls, immediately upstream from the road at the third bridge. Return the same way.

Plan your visit

Headwaters Road (FS 475B) curve pull-off, then gated Forest Road 5043 past Log Hollow Falls to Logging Road Falls

NC Waterfalls gives just under 1 mile one way; Waterfall Hero lists 2.0 miles for the hike. All on the old gated forest road.

Gated gravel forest road with easy grades. The stream is small and the falls is often overgrown.

Where to start

Pull-off on the outside of a sharp left-hand curve on FS 475B (Headwaters Road), 1.6 to 1.65 miles from US 276, at the large Forest Service interpretive sign.

Timing & water

Best between late fall and spring with good flow, when leaves do not block the view. Current conditions not verified.

Before you go

No fee is mentioned in the reviewed sources.

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Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.

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Transylvania County, North Carolina.

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