Wildcat Falls is a waterfall on tributary of West Fork Pigeon River in Haywood County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 60 feet. It lies about 11.1 miles northwest of Brevard and roughly 28 miles southwest of Asheville as the crow flies.
At 60 feet it is taller than the typical North Carolina waterfall of about 50 feet, ranking 114th of 288 with a recorded height. The water comes down as 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.
There are 23 recorded waterfalls in Haywood County. Bubbling Spring Branch Cascades, a tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Flat Laurel Creek Cascades, a 560-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Lower Bubbling Spring Branch Falls, an 18-foot slide waterfall, is about 1 miles away.
Wildcat Falls is located at 35.3139° N, 82.9040° 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 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.