Middle Falls is a waterfall on Snowbird Creek in Graham County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 16 feet. It lies about 9.8 miles northwest of Andrews and roughly 48.4 miles south of Knoxville as the crow flies.
At 16 feet it is on the modest side for North Carolina, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 50 feet; it ranks 260th of 288. The water comes down as a block waterfall, wider than it is tall, spilling over a broad ledge.
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. Snowbird Creek carries 3 recorded waterfalls, and Middle Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 12 recorded waterfalls in Graham County. Sassafras Falls, a 45-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Upper Falls, a slide waterfall, is under a mile away. Big Falls, a tiered waterfall, is under a mile away.
Middle Falls is located at 35.2622° N, 83.9818° 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.