Moravian Falls
Wilkes County, North Carolina
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Wilkes County, North Carolina
- Access status
- Partial: private campground land; ask permission; current rules not confirmed
- The walk
- A few steps across the road
- Ground & access
- Roadside, on private campground land.
Moravian Falls, about 40 feet high with an old mill and water wheel, is on private property at the Moravian Falls campground. From NC 18, turn onto Falls Road; the falls are about half a mile down on the left. Rich Stevenson asks visitors to stop at the campground store and ask permission before going to the falls.
Plan your visit
Moravian Falls campground on Falls Road, short walk across the road to the falls
Rich Stevenson parked at the campground store and walked across the street to the falls. No distance is given.
Roadside, on private campground land.
Where to start
Rich Stevenson parked on the right at the campground store, across the road from the falls, when the campground was closed in winter. Ask at the store where to park.
Timing & water
Not confirmed. In 2007 the campground facilities were closed in winter.
Before you go
Private property. Ask permission at the campground store before visiting the falls. Current visitor rules were not confirmed.
Visitor informationVisit sources
More waterfalls nearby
Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.
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