Lower Scotsman Creek Falls
Jackson County, North Carolina
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Jackson County, North Carolina
- Access status
- Partial guide: no trail below Scotsman Falls; wading and bushwhacking from 2005 directions
- The walk
- Short but very steep; about 0.1 mile to Scotsman Falls, then roughly 10 to 15 minutes of wading and bushwhacking downstream. No measured distance.
- Ground & access
- No trail below Scotsman Falls. Very steep descent, creek wading, slippery rock and dense brush. Wilderness area.
Scotsman Falls is a 50-foot waterfall on Scotsman Creek just inside Ellicott Rock Wilderness. Legacy NC Waterfalls describes a second falls of similar size below it, sloping with no free fall, reached by wading and bushwhacking down the creek for about 10 to 15 minutes to its top, then working down the right side (looking downstream) through the woods to the base. To reach Scotsman Falls first, park in the right-hand curve of Bull Pen Road a few hundred feet past gated FR 4564 and follow the faint, very steep path toward the sound of the falls.
Plan your visit
Bull Pen Road (FR 1178) roadside parking at Scotsman Creek, down to Scotsman Falls, then wading and bushwhacking downstream to the lower falls
Waterfall Hero gives 0.1 miles to Scotsman Falls. Legacy NC Waterfalls (2005) gives about 10 to 15 minutes down the creek to the top of the lower falls. No measured total exists.
No trail below Scotsman Falls. Very steep descent, creek wading, slippery rock and dense brush. Wilderness area.
Where to start
Roadside in the right-hand curve on Bull Pen Road, about 4.3 miles from NC 107, a few hundred feet past gated FR 4564. There is little room; get fully off the road.
Timing & water
Lower-falls directions date from 2005. Wading is unsafe in high water. Current conditions not verified.
Before you go
No fee is mentioned in the reviewed sources.
Visitor informationVisit sources
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