Transylvania Falls
Transylvania County, North Carolina
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Transylvania County, North Carolina
- Ground elevation
- About 2,588 ft above sea level
- Nearby mapped stream
- Rockhouse Creek
- Land
- Pisgah National Forest
- Nearby mapped access
- Mapped trailhead (route unconfirmed)
A nearby mapped parking area or trailhead may not connect to this waterfall. Confirm the route and public access before travelling.
Transylvania Falls is mapped in Transylvania County, North Carolina, 5.7 miles northwest of Brevard. 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
Rockhouse 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
The closest mapped trailhead is 1.1 mi away in a straight line. This is not a walking distance.
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.
- Middle Rockhouse Creek FallsPartial guide: 2014 description, no defined parking, steep informal pathTransylvania County, NC0.1 miN
Lower Slick Rock FallsNational forest; short informal pathTransylvania County, NC0.1 miSE
Slick Rock FallsPossible road-access closure: confirm FS 475B access and parking before visiting.Transylvania County, NC0.2 miSE- Upper Rockhouse Creek FallsTransylvania County, NC0.3 miNW
- Lower Rockhouse Creek FallsRoadside view with a short path; very small pull-offTransylvania County, NC0.6 miS
- Caney Bottom FallsTrailside view on a Forest Service trail; no safe path to the baseTransylvania County, NC0.8 miW
- Cove Creek FallsForest Service trails documented by two recent accountsTransylvania County, NC0.9 miW
Cedar Rock FallsEstablished Forest Service trail with an unsigned side path; two firsthand sources agreeTransylvania County, NC1.2 miS- Upper Cedar Rock FallsNational forest trail with a short scramble at the endTransylvania County, NC1.2 miS