Bent Fields Falls is a 12-foot waterfall on North Fork French Broad River in Transylvania County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 7.7 miles southwest of Brevard and roughly 33.2 miles southwest of Asheville as the crow flies.
At 12 feet it is one of the lowest falls in the state’s records: of the 288 North Carolina waterfalls with a documented height only 3 are shorter, while the typical North Carolina waterfall stands around 50 feet. By form it is 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. North Fork French Broad River carries 4 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 30 feet.
Transylvania County holds 133 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Boxcar Falls, a 12-foot plunge waterfall, is under a mile away. Lamance Creek Falls, is under a mile away. Bird Rock Falls, a 15-foot block waterfall, is about 2.1 miles away.
Bent Fields Falls is located at 35.1903° N, 82.8598° 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.