Johns Jump Falls is a 25-foot waterfall on Gumbottom Creek in Transylvania County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 19.2 miles southwest of Brevard and roughly 37.7 miles northwest of Greenville as the crow flies.
At 25 feet it is on the modest side for North Carolina, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 50 feet; it ranks 223rd of 288. By form it is a fan, spreading out horizontally as it falls and staying in contact with the rock.
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. Gumbottom Creek carries 4 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 185 feet.
Transylvania County holds 133 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. D.E.W. Falls, a block waterfall, is under a mile away. Slippery Witch Falls, an 80-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Tumblin’ Fun Falls, a 185-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away.
Johns Jump Falls is located at 35.0674° N, 83.0069° 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 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.