Minnehaha Falls is a 110-foot waterfall on Little River in Transylvania County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 7.4 miles east of Brevard and roughly 26.6 miles northwest of Greenville as the crow flies.
At 110 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of North Carolina’s 288 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 67th; the typical North Carolina waterfall is about 50 feet. 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. Little River carries 5 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 200 feet.
Transylvania County holds 133 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Grassy Falls, a 60-foot slide waterfall, is under a mile away. Triple Falls, a 100-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Hooker Falls, a 14-foot block waterfall, is under a mile away.
Minnehaha Falls is located at 35.1927° N, 82.6136° 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.