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Lower Bearwallow Falls

Transylvania County, North Carolina

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height
Not recorded
Location
Transylvania County, North Carolina
Access status
Partial guide: no trail for the final descent; park position on access unclear
The walk
About 8.4 miles return
Ground & access
Long multi-use trail with a river ford, then a very steep unofficial descent with delicate vegetation. Waterfall Hero rates the hike very difficult, 6 to 8 hours.
Waterfall Hero Hikes: Lower Bearwallow Falls (Gorges)

From the Frozen Creek Access, take the combined Augur Hole and Canebrake trails; at 0.7 mile go right to stay on the Augur Hole Trail. At 3.6 miles cross the Toxaway River at a concrete ford. The trail climbs and turns right around a ridge at 4.1 miles; turn left on the obvious path down the ridge. After a couple hundred feet it turns left and drops very steeply to Bearwallow Creek at the base of the 30-foot falls.

Plan your visit

Frozen Creek Access on the Augur Hole Trail, then a steep unofficial path to Lower Bearwallow Falls

Waterfall Hero gives 8.4 miles for the whole out-and-back hike; the side path leaves the trail at about 4.1 miles.

Long multi-use trail with a river ford, then a very steep unofficial descent with delicate vegetation. Waterfall Hero rates the hike very difficult, 6 to 8 hours.

Where to start

Frozen Creek Access, Gorges State Park, Frozen Creek Road, Brevard (GPS 35.1086, -82.8837). From Brevard take US 64 west about 9 miles and turn left on Frozen Creek Road; the lot is on the right after about 3 miles.

Timing & water

Gorges State Park hiking trails are listed as open. Park hours vary by month. The Toxaway River ford depends on water level. The Take a Hike Gorges page says the park might restrict access to this falls in the future.

Before you go

No fee for day use.

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

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Waterfall location

Transylvania County, North Carolina.

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