Great Falls is a waterfall on Robinson Creek in Jackson County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 28 feet. It lies about 10.5 miles southeast of Cullowhee and roughly 39.3 miles southwest of Asheville as the crow flies.
At 28 feet it is on the modest side for North Carolina, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 50 feet; it ranks 221st of 288. The water comes down as 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. Robinson Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 30 feet.
There are 79 recorded waterfalls in Jackson County. Slatten Falls, a 440-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Robinson Creek Falls, a 30-foot cascade waterfall, is about 1.2 miles away. Upper Flat Creek Falls, is about 1.4 miles away.
Great Falls is located at 35.2012° N, 83.0510° 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.