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Soco Falls

Jackson County, North Carolina

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height
Not recorded
Location
Jackson County, North Carolina
Access status
Short marked trail from the new EBCI parking area
The walk
About 0.4 miles return (0.2 miles each way)
Ground & access
Easy, with a steep section. The scramble to the base is very steep and slippery.
NC Waterfalls: Soco Falls
Soco Falls, NC
Soco Falls, NC
Photo creditPhoto: Andrew Heneen, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Soco Falls is a 50-foot double waterfall where Brush Creek meets Soco Creek on Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians land. In 2025 the EBCI built a new parking area with picnic tables, portable toilets and a kiosk. The old pullout above the falls is fenced off. The trail starts at the kiosk at the lower end of the parking area and is marked and easy to follow, with a steep section.

Plan your visit

EBCI parking area on US 19 to the Soco Falls overlook on a marked trail

NC Waterfalls gives a 0.2 mile hike from the new parking area. Same trail both ways.

Easy, with a steep section. The scramble to the base is very steep and slippery.

Where to start

EBCI parking area on US 19, 1.0 mile south of the Blue Ridge Parkway bridge and about 10 miles north of Cherokee. The old roadside pullout is closed.

Timing & water

Very popular; expect company.

Before you go

No fee is mentioned in the reviewed source.

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

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Jackson County, North Carolina.

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