Mill Creek Falls is a waterfall on Mill Creek in Jackson County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 35 feet. It lies about 9.6 miles south of Cullowhee and roughly 45.5 miles southwest of Asheville as the crow flies.
At 35 feet it is on the modest side for North Carolina, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 50 feet; it ranks 185th of 288. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another.
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. Mill Creek carries 3 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 85 feet.
There are 79 recorded waterfalls in Jackson County. Upper Mill Creek Falls, a cascade waterfall, is under a mile away. Flat Creek Falls, a slide waterfall, is under a mile away. Knob Creek Falls, is about 1.5 miles away.
Mill Creek Falls is located at 35.1753° N, 83.1708° 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.