Waterfalls Park Falls is a 30-foot waterfall on Blood Camp Branch in Avery County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 5.4 miles southwest of Banner Elk and roughly 27.8 miles southeast of Johnson City as the crow flies.
At 30 feet it is on the modest side for North Carolina, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 50 feet; it ranks 201st of 288. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 3 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.
Avery County holds 19 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Little Grassy Falls, a slide waterfall, is about 5.2 miles away. Stack Rock Creek Falls, a cascade waterfall, is about 6.2 miles away. Linn Cove Branch Falls, is about 6.6 miles away.
Waterfalls Park Falls is located at 36.1004° N, 81.9296° 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.