Shot Pouch Falls

Macon County, North Carolina

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height: Not recorded
Location: Macon County, North Carolina
Access status: Short walk on a gated forest road
The walk: About 0.4 miles return
Ground & access: Easy walk on a gated forest road. Rocks around the falls are slippery.

Waterfall Hero: Shot Pouch Falls (Wayah)

Walk past the gate on Forest Road 7165 for 0.2 miles to where the road crosses Shot Pouch Creek just below the tall waterfall. Return the same way.

Plan your visit

Gated Forest Road 7165 at a switchback on Wayah Road, walk the forest road to its crossing of Shot Pouch Creek below the falls

Waterfall Hero gives 0.2 miles on the gated road to the falls and a 0.4 mile hike length.

Easy walk on a gated forest road. Rocks around the falls are slippery.

Where to start

Pull off on the right in a sharp left-hand switchback on Wayah Road, 8.1 miles from Patton Road west of Franklin, at the gated Forest Road 7165. Do not block the gate. Trailhead coordinates: 35.15824, -83.57378.

Timing & water

No closure is stated by the source. The route description dates from 2020.

Before you go

Nantahala Ranger District, Nantahala National Forest. No fee is stated by the source.

Visitor information

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More waterfalls nearby

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

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Waterfall location

Macon County, North Carolina.

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