Cascade Falls (Falls Creek)
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Location | E. B. Jeffress Park, Wilkes County, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina |
Coordinates | 36°14′58″N 81°27′16″W / 36.249341°N 81.454337°W |
Type | Cascade, slide |
Total height | More than 250 ft[1] |
Cascade Falls, also called "The Cascades", is a waterfall located at E. B. Jeffress Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, United States.
Geology
The waterfall is located on Falls Creek. It begins with a small free-fall before cascading and sliding down the rock face.
Visiting the falls
The falls is located in E. B. Jeffress Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway at milepost 271.9, 4.4 miles north of where
The lower section of the falls is no longer accessible from the trail. A scramble path used to be available, but damage to the plant life and the banks of the stream resulted in the construction of a fence to restrict further access and potential injury to both the falls and to visitors.[3][4]
Nearby falls
References
- ^ a b c North Carolina Waterfalls, p. 72–75
- ^ "Cascade Falls - NorthCarolinaWaterfalls.info". Archived from the original on 2010-12-06. Retrieved 2010-07-08.
- ^ "Cascade Falls and the Lump".
- ^ "The Call of the Waterfall: The Cascades at e. B. Jeffress Park". 20 September 2006.