Flat Creek Falls is a 200-foot waterfall on Flat Creek in Swain County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 4.7 miles northwest of Maggie Valley and roughly 34.9 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. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another.
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. Flat Creek carries 6 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 240 feet.
Swain County holds 22 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Smoky Falls, is about 2.7 miles away. Soco Falls, a 35-foot segmented waterfall, is about 4 miles away. Polecat Branch Falls, is about 4.8 miles away.
Flat Creek Falls is located at 35.5497° N, 83.1725° 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.