Nana Falls
Ashe County, North Carolina
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Ashe County, North Carolina
- Access status
- Partial guide: roadside view; no parking spot described
- The walk
- No walk; roadside view
- Ground & access
- Roadside; no trail.
From the junction of NC 16 and NC 88 west of Jefferson, drive 0.6 mile west on NC 16/88 and turn left on Cox Road (SR 1156). The road turns to gravel at about 1.3 miles. At 1.55 miles the 35-foot multilevel cascade is on the right, across the road from the South Fork New River.
Plan your visit
Roadside view of Nana Falls from Cox Road
NCWaterfalls lists Nana Falls as a roadside view with no hike.
Roadside; no trail.
Where to start
NCWaterfalls gives no parking spot. Cox Road is a narrow gravel road beside the river; a safe place to stop was not described.
Timing & water
NCWaterfalls says it looks better when water is running high.
Before you go
Current fees and reservation requirements unknown.
Visitor informationVisit sources
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