High Falls is a waterfall on Catheys Creek in Transylvania County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 100 feet. It lies about 3.9 miles west of Brevard and roughly 29.4 miles southwest of Asheville as the crow flies.
At 100 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of North Carolina’s 288 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 68th; the typical North Carolina waterfall is about 50 feet. The tallest single drop is 55 feet. 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. Catheys Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and High Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 133 recorded waterfalls in Transylvania County. Cedar Rock Falls, a tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Grace Falls, a 40-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1.5 miles away. Barbara Falls, a 35-foot fan waterfall, is about 1.5 miles away.
High Falls is located at 35.2263° N, 82.8027° 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.