Widows Falls
Wilkes County, North Carolina
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Wilkes County, North Carolina
- Access status
- State park; short path from a roadside parking area
- The walk
- A few hundred feet each way
- Ground & access
- Easy short path. The rocks around the falls are very slippery.
Widows Creek Falls is a 25-foot waterfall on Widows Creek in Stone Mountain State Park. Park at the signed pull-off just before the bridge over Widows Creek. A short path leads a few hundred feet upstream to the falls, with sliding cascades below the main drop. The path continues up the right bank (facing downstream) to the base of the main drop.
Plan your visit
Widows Creek parking on Stone Mountain Road in Stone Mountain State Park, short path upstream to Widows Creek Falls
Waterfall Hero gives a hike length of under 0.1 miles; the legacy NC Waterfalls page says the falls are a few hundred feet up the trail.
Easy short path. The rocks around the falls are very slippery.
Where to start
Parking area on the left side of Stone Mountain Road right before the bridge over Widows Creek, 2.1 miles after turning onto Stone Mountain Road from Longbottom Road. Published trailhead coordinates: 36.39656, -81.06705.
Timing & water
Park hours vary by month. The park closure for the Stone Mountain Falls stair project applies to the Stone Mountain Loop Trail near those falls, not to this short path.
Before you go
Stone Mountain State Park charges no day-use fee.
Visitor informationVisit sources
More waterfalls nearby
Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.
- Bullhead Creek FallsState park trailhead; very short walkWilkes County, NC0.4 miE
- Upper Widows Creek FallsPartial guide: state park trail; effect of a posted Mountains-to-Sea Trail closure on the shared section is not statedWilkes County, NC1.0 miNW
- Bullhead Creek CascadesWilkes County, NC1.9 miN
- Middle FallsPartial guide: part of the park loop trail is closed; check with the park before goingWilkes County, NC1.9 miSE
- Lower FallsPartial guide: usual route closed for stair work; alternative total distance not publishedWilkes County, NC2.2 miSE
- Stone Mountain FallsWilkes County, NC2.2 miSE
- Incredible Falls98 ft (30 m) · Wilkes County, NC2.2 miNW
- Carter FallsSigned public trail from a gravel trailhead lotWilkes County, NC13 miSE
- Amadehy FallsState park trail to falls view; base reached by short steep bushwhackWilkes County, NC18 miSW