Ray Cove Falls
Macon County, North Carolina
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Macon County, North Carolina
- Access status
- Very short walk on the Bartram Trail
- The walk
- About 0.2 miles return
- Ground & access
- Easy trail with footbridges. Rocks near the falls are slippery.
Ray Cove Falls is a 35-foot waterfall on a small tributary of Wallace Branch in Nantahala National Forest near Franklin. From the parking area at the end of Ray Cove Road, take the Bartram Trail across Wallace Branch on a footbridge. In 0.1 miles the trail crosses the tributary on a second footbridge at the base of the falls.
Plan your visit
Ray Cove Road trailhead on the Bartram Trail to the footbridge at the base of Ray Cove Falls
Waterfall Hero lists 0.2 miles for the hike and says the falls are 0.1 miles from the parking area.
Easy trail with footbridges. Rocks near the falls are slippery.
Where to start
Parking at the end of Pressley Road, which becomes Ray Cove Road, about 1.7 miles from Old Murphy Road west of Franklin.
Timing & water
The stream is small; flow is best after rain.
Before you go
No fee is mentioned in the reviewed source.
Visitor informationVisit sources
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