Upper Falls is a waterfall on Snowbird Creek in Graham County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 10.7 miles northwest of Andrews and roughly 47.8 miles south of Knoxville as the crow flies.
Its height has not been recorded in the source data. By form it is a slide, where the water glides down a smooth, inclined rock surface.
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. Snowbird Creek carries 3 recorded waterfalls along its course.
Graham County holds 12 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Middle Falls, a 16-foot block waterfall, is under a mile away. Big Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 1.6 miles away. Sassafras Falls, a 45-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1.7 miles away.
Upper Falls is located at 35.2709° N, 83.9930° 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 creek name is confirmed against the federal Geographic Names Information System. The exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.