Picklesimer Rock House Falls

Macon County, North Carolina

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height: Not recorded
Location: Macon County, North Carolina
Access status: Easy walk on a gated forest road in Nantahala National Forest
The walk: About 1 mile return
Ground & access: Easy old road, then a short creekside path. Rocks around the falls are very slippery. A 2020 reader report says a large dead tree had fallen across the falls.

Waterfall Hero: Picklesimer Rock House Falls

Picklesimer Rock House Falls, NC
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Photo: Jordan Mitchell, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Walk up the gated old logging road (the gate is out of sight of FR 79). In about half a mile the road passes through a wildlife clearing and ends at a creek. Do not cross; turn right and follow the creek a short way upstream to the waterfall, which drops in front of a deep rock overhang you can walk behind.

Plan your visit

Pull-off on Blue Valley Road (FR 79) up a gated forest road to Picklesimer Rock House Falls

Waterfall Hero gives a 1.0-mile hike; the legacy NCWaterfalls account calls it a half-mile trail.

Easy old road, then a short creekside path. Rocks around the falls are very slippery. A 2020 reader report says a large dead tree had fallen across the falls.

Where to start

From Highlands go south on NC 28 about 6 miles and turn sharp right on Blue Valley Road (SR 1618), which becomes gravel FR 79. Go about 4.2 miles to a pull-off beside a gated road on the right, just over half a mile past the Blue Valley primitive campground.

Timing & water

Flow is low in dry periods. Current road and trail status not verified.

Before you go

Current fees and reservation requirements unknown.

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More waterfalls nearby

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

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Macon County, North Carolina.

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