Wash Hollow Falls
Haywood County, North Carolina
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- 49 ft (15 m)
- Location
- Haywood County, North Carolina
- Access status
- Short path with a creek crossing from a highway pull-off
- The walk
- About 0.6 miles return
- Ground & access
- Steep bank climb, old logging grade, and a creek crossing just above a drop. Rocks are very slippery.
Wash Hollow Falls is a 40-foot waterfall in Pisgah National Forest near Shining Rock Wilderness. Climb the steep path up the bank to an old logging grade and turn left. Follow it 0.25 miles to its end at the middle of Lower Sam Branch Falls. Cross the creek carefully, since you are above the lower part of that falls, and continue less than 0.1 miles to Wash Hollow Falls.
Plan your visit
NC 215 pull-off in a sharp curve, old logging grade past Lower Sam Branch Falls to Wash Hollow Falls
Waterfall Hero gives a 0.6-mile hike from the NC 215 pull-off.
Steep bank climb, old logging grade, and a creek crossing just above a drop. Rocks are very slippery.
Where to start
Pull-off on the right side of NC 215 in a sharp left-hand turn, about 4 miles north of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Timing & water
The creek crossing depends on water level.
Before you go
No fee is mentioned.
Visitor informationVisit sources
More waterfalls nearby
Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.
- Lower Sam Branch FallsNational forest; short scramble path across a landslideHaywood County, NC0.1 miS
- Sunburst FallsRoadside view from an NC 215 pullout in Pisgah National ForestHaywood County, NC0.4 miSW
- Sam Branch FallsPartial guide: no trail; roadside shoulder parking; creek walk for experienced hikers only66 ft (20 m) · Haywood County, NC0.4 miSE
- Little Bird FallsWilderness path; very short walk from NC 215Haywood County, NC1.0 miNW
- Waterfalls of Flat Laurel CreekPartial: trail to the cascades documented; which cascade this listing marks is not confirmedHaywood County, NC1.2 miS
- Boulderfield Falls164 ft (50 m) · Haywood County, NC1.7 miNE
- Little Sam FallsHaywood County, NC1.7 miS
- Lower Wildcat FallsNational forest; steep off-trail descent and river crossing39 ft (12 m) · Haywood County, NC1.9 miS
- Middle Wildcat FallsHaywood County, NC1.9 miS