Wintergreen Falls is a waterfall on Grassy Creek in Henderson County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 20 feet. It lies about 8.3 miles south of Etowah and roughly 26.2 miles northwest of Greenville as the crow flies.
At 20 feet it is on the modest side for North Carolina, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 50 feet; it ranks 242nd of 288. The water comes down as a cascade, descending over a series of rock steps rather than in a single drop.
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. Grassy Creek carries 6 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 70 feet.
There are 20 recorded waterfalls in Henderson County. Upper Wintergreen Falls, a 70-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Grassy Falls, a 60-foot slide waterfall, is about 1.4 miles away. Minnehaha Falls, a 110-foot slide waterfall, is about 1.7 miles away.
Wintergreen Falls is located at 35.1980° N, 82.5835° 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 position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.