Upper Sols Creek Falls is a waterfall on Sols Creek in Jackson County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 90 feet. It lies about 9.5 miles east of Cullowhee and roughly 35.1 miles southwest of Asheville as the crow flies.
At 90 feet it is taller than the typical North Carolina waterfall of about 50 feet, ranking 80th of 288 with a recorded height. The tallest single drop is 60 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. Sols Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 125 feet.
There are 79 recorded waterfalls in Jackson County. Gladie Creek Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 1.1 miles away. Sols Creek Falls, a 125-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 2 miles away. Paradise Falls, an 80-foot tiered waterfall, is about 2.8 miles away.
Upper Sols Creek Falls is located at 35.2634° N, 83.0192° 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.