Woodfin Cascades is a waterfall on Woodfin Creek in Jackson County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 200 feet. It lies about 4.5 miles south of Maggie Valley and roughly 32.1 miles west of Asheville as the crow flies.
At 200 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of North Carolina’s 288 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 28th; the typical North Carolina waterfall is about 50 feet. The water comes down as a horsetail, where the water keeps some contact with the bedrock as it falls.
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 79 recorded waterfalls in Jackson County. Cranberry Falls, is about 4.9 miles away. Soco Falls, a 35-foot segmented waterfall, is about 5 miles away. Rough Branch Falls, is about 5.1 miles away.
Woodfin Cascades is located at 35.4532° N, 83.0951° 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.