Dill Falls is a 60-foot waterfall on Tanasee Creek in Jackson County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 12.3 miles west of Brevard and roughly 31 miles southwest of Asheville as the crow flies.
At 60 feet it is taller than the typical North Carolina waterfall of about 50 feet, ranking 114th of 288 with a recorded height. 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. Tanasee Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Dill Falls is the tallest of them.
Jackson County holds 79 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Upper Dill Falls, a 25-foot cascade waterfall, is under a mile away. Mount Hardy Falls, a 100-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 1.9 miles away. Upper Bubbling Spring Branch Falls, a 30-foot cascade waterfall, is about 2.1 miles away.
Dill Falls is located at 35.2835° N, 82.9435° 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.