Little Creek Falls is a 55-foot waterfall on Little Creek in Swain County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 3.9 miles northwest of Cherokee and roughly 43.9 miles southeast of Knoxville as the crow flies.
At 55 feet it is taller than the typical North Carolina waterfall of about 50 feet, ranking 130th of 288 with a recorded height. By form it is a cascade, descending over a series of rock steps rather than in a single drop.
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. Little Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 60 feet.
Swain County holds 22 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Indian Creek Falls, a 25-foot cascade waterfall, is about 3.9 miles away. Tom Branch Falls, 75 feet high, is about 4.2 miles away. Juney Whank Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 4.5 miles away.
Little Creek Falls is located at 35.5065° N, 83.3728° 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.