Black Mountain Falls is a waterfall on tributary of Briar Creek in Rutherford County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 8.6 miles south of Salem and roughly 36.2 miles northwest of Gastonia as the crow flies.
Its height has not been recorded in the source data. By form it is 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.
Rutherford County holds 9 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. North Fork Falls, is about 2 miles away. Pheasant Creek Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 2.5 miles away. High Shoals Falls, a 75-foot tiered waterfall, is about 4.1 miles away.
Black Mountain Falls is located at 35.5749° N, 81.7041° 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.