Upper Bearwallow Falls is a waterfall on Duplicate – Delete – 2333 in Transylvania County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 140 feet. It lies about 14.9 miles southwest of Brevard and roughly 35.6 miles northwest of Greenville as the crow flies.
At 140 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of North Carolina’s 288 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 48th; the typical North Carolina waterfall is about 50 feet. The tallest single drop is 90 feet. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 2 drops.
The Blue Ridge is the highest part of the southern Appalachians, a range of forested peaks and coves with oak, hickory, tulip poplar and hemlock and spruce-fir on the summits, in one of the wettest climates in the East. Steep mountain streams drop over granite, gneiss and quartzite ledges, giving the region hundreds of waterfalls.
There are 133 recorded waterfalls in Transylvania County. Big Falls, a 240-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Indian Camp Falls, a 25-foot slide waterfall, is about 1 miles away. Split Rock Falls, a 25-foot cascade waterfall, is about 1 miles away.
Upper Bearwallow Falls is located at 35.1027° N, 82.9431° W. The listing is based on the World Waterfall Database, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.