Sheephead Falls
Haywood County, North Carolina
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Haywood County, North Carolina
- Ground elevation
- About 4,941 ft above sea level
- Nearby mapped stream
- Buckeye Creek
- Land
- Pisgah National Forest
- Nearby mapped access
- No nearby parking or trailhead recorded
A nearby mapped parking area or trailhead may not connect to this waterfall. Confirm the route and public access before travelling.
Sheephead Falls is mapped in Haywood County, North Carolina, 11.3 miles south of Hazelwood. This entry shows its location and nearby mapped places; a visitor route has not been confirmed.
About this location
Land & access
The land ownership record at this location lists Pisgah National Forest. The listed manager is U.S. Forest Service. The land record lists public access. Check the manager’s current visitor information for permitted routes and closures.
Water & terrain
Buckeye Creek is mapped within 60 metres (about 200 feet) of the waterfall. Proximity alone does not confirm which stream feeds the falls.
Ground elevation is the land’s height above sea level, not the waterfall’s drop.
Sources for these details
Nearby streams and paths: OpenStreetMap. Land names: USGS PAD-US ownership records, with planning boundaries used only where ownership has no usable name. Ground elevation: USGS 3D Elevation Program.
Map records do not verify a walking route or current access conditions.
Before you make the trip
No nearby trailhead or parking area is recorded. Check the land manager’s visitor information for a permitted route.
Trail length, parking rules and current conditions have not been confirmed for this entry.
More waterfalls nearby
Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.
- Upper Buckeye FallsHaywood County, NC0.3 miSE
- Buckeye FallsPartial: wilderness trail then an off-trail creek walk66 ft (20 m) · Haywood County, NC0.9 miNW
- Mount Hardy FallsUnblazed wilderness trail and short bushwhack; needs high water98 ft (30 m) · Haywood County, NC1.2 miSE
- Little Wildcat FallsRoadside view; needs high waterHaywood County, NC1.2 miE
- Herrin Knob FallsNational forest; short road walk then off-trail bushwhackJackson County, NC1.3 miS
- Bubbling Spring Branch CascadesShort roadside scramble documented by two firsthand sourcesHaywood County, NC1.5 miE
- Lower Wildcat FallsNational forest; steep off-trail descent and river crossing39 ft (12 m) · Haywood County, NC1.6 miE
- Middle Wildcat FallsHaywood County, NC1.6 miE
- Lower Bubbling Spring Branch FallsShort unofficial creekside path with crossingsHaywood County, NC1.6 miSE