Rider Falls
Stokes County, North Carolina
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Stokes County, North Carolina
- Access status
- Partial guide: roadside view of private land; parking space and permission not confirmed
- The walk
- Roadside view; no walk
- Ground & access
- Roadside only. Do not leave the road onto private land.
Riders Falls is a 20-foot broken waterfall on a very small stream in Stokes County. NC Waterfalls says it is on private property and can be viewed from unpaved Thore Road, 0.1 miles from Flat Rock Road. The closer view is on private land and is not open to the public.
Plan your visit
Roadside view from unpaved Thore Road near Flat Rock Road
NC Waterfalls lists this as a roadside view. No walking distance.
Roadside only. Do not leave the road onto private land.
Where to start
NC Waterfalls lists parking coordinates 36.398512, -80.373829 but does not describe the space or confirm permission to stop there. Do not block the road.
Timing & water
Very small watershed; flow may be low in dry weather.
Before you go
No fee applies to a roadside view.
Visitor informationVisit sources
More waterfalls nearby
Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.
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