Puncheon Camp Creek Falls is a 70-foot waterfall on Puncheon Camp Creek in Henderson County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 2.2 miles northeast of Fruitland and roughly 15.6 miles southeast of Asheville as the crow flies.
At 70 feet it is taller than the typical North Carolina waterfall of about 50 feet, ranking 101st of 288 with a recorded height. 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.
Henderson County holds 20 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Bead and Lace Falls, a 100-foot slide waterfall, is about 2.6 miles away. Turnbreeches Creek Falls, a 120-foot tiered waterfall, is about 4.4 miles away. Little Creek Falls, a 60-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 4.8 miles away.
Puncheon Camp Creek Falls is located at 35.4260° N, 82.3774° 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.