Bubbling Spring Branch Cascades is a waterfall on Bubbling Spring Branch in Haywood County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 11.3 miles northwest of Brevard and roughly 28.2 miles southwest of Asheville as the crow flies.
Its height has not been recorded in the source data. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 2 drops.
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. Bubbling Spring Branch carries 3 recorded waterfalls along its course.
Haywood County holds 23 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Wildcat Falls, a 60-foot slide waterfall, is under a mile away. Lower Bubbling Spring Branch Falls, an 18-foot slide waterfall, is under a mile away. Mount Hardy Falls, a 100-foot horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away.
Bubbling Spring Branch Cascades is located at 35.3136° N, 82.9096° 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.