Little Grassy Falls is a waterfall on Little Grassy Creek in Avery County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 3.9 miles southeast of Banner Elk and roughly 31.9 miles southeast of Johnson City as the crow flies.
Its height has not been recorded in the source data. By form it is a slide, where the water glides down a smooth, inclined rock surface.
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.
Avery County holds 19 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Stack Rock Creek Falls, a cascade waterfall, is about 1.9 miles away. Linn Cove Branch Falls, is about 2 miles away. Wilson Creek Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 2.1 miles away.
Little Grassy Falls is located at 36.1140° N, 81.8372° 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.