Toms Spring Falls
Transylvania County, North Carolina
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Transylvania County, North Carolina
- Access status
- National forest gated road; easy walk
- The walk
- About 0.5 miles each way
- Ground & access
- Easy gravel forest road. Rich Stevenson noted washed-out, gullied sections. The rocks at the falls are very slippery.
From the junction of US 64, US 276 and NC 280 near Brevard, drive north on US 276 about 5.2 miles and turn left on FR 475 at the sign for the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education. Drive 3.9 miles (paved, then gravel) to the dirt parking lot on the right. Walk past the gate on FR 5046 and cross the Davidson River on a big bridge. Shortly after, Daniel Ridge Loop Trail (#105) splits left; stay right on the gravel road for less than half a mile. Just after the other end of the loop trail joins from the left, the falls is on the left. You can see it from the road or take a short side trail for a closer view. The falls is also called Daniel Ridge Falls or Jackson Falls.
Plan your visit
Daniel Ridge parking on FR 475, gated FR 5046 across the Davidson River to Toms Spring Falls
Waterfall Hero and Take a Hike give an easy 1 mile round trip.
Easy gravel forest road. Rich Stevenson noted washed-out, gullied sections. The rocks at the falls are very slippery.
Where to start
Dirt parking lot on the right side of FR 475, 3.9 miles from US 276. Published trailhead coordinates: 35.28462, -82.82874.
Timing & water
Toms Spring Branch is a small creek; the falls is best after rain.
Before you go
No fee is mentioned in the sources read. Pisgah National Forest, Pisgah Ranger District.
Visitor informationVisit sources
More waterfalls nearby
Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.
- Upper Toms Spring FallsNational forest loop on a forest road and trailTransylvania County, NC0.6 miNW
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- Lower Laurel Fork FallsUnofficial creekside path with a rock ledge; short scramble to the creekTransylvania County, NC1.4 miSW
- Upper Rockhouse Creek FallsTransylvania County, NC1.5 miNE
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