Upper Falls is a waterfall on Yellowstone Prong East Fork Pigeon River in Haywood County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 9.5 miles northwest of Brevard and roughly 26.3 miles southwest of Asheville as the crow flies.
Its height has not been recorded in the source data. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another.
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. Yellowstone Prong East Fork Pigeon River carries 4 recorded waterfalls along its course.
Haywood County holds 23 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Right Fork Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 1.1 miles away. Second Falls, a 55-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1.1 miles away. Yellowstone Falls, a 125-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1.5 miles away.
Upper Falls is located at 35.3182° N, 82.8669° 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.