Flat Laurel Creek Cascades is a waterfall on Flat Laurel Creek in Haywood County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 560 feet. It lies about 11.2 miles northwest of Brevard and roughly 27.1 miles southwest of Asheville as the crow flies.
At 560 feet it is among the ten tallest of the 288 North Carolina waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 3rd. The water comes down as 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.
There are 23 recorded waterfalls in Haywood County. Wildcat Falls, a 60-foot slide waterfall, is under a mile away. Sunburst Falls, a tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Upper Sam Branch Falls, a 520-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1 miles away.
Flat Laurel Creek Cascades is located at 35.3255° N, 82.8979° 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.