Mount Toxaway Falls is a waterfall in Jackson County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 600 feet. It lies about 16.1 miles southeast of Cullowhee and roughly 39.3 miles northwest of Greenville as the crow flies.
At 600 feet it is among the ten tallest of the 288 North Carolina waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 2nd.
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.
There are 79 recorded waterfalls in Jackson County. Burnt Kitchen Falls, a 45-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Halfway Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 1.1 miles away. Holly Falls, a 45-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1.3 miles away.
Mount Toxaway Falls is located at 35.1319° N, 82.9995° 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.