Satulah Falls is a waterfall on Clear Creek in Macon County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 100 feet. It lies about 13.2 miles northeast of Mountain City and roughly 47.2 miles west of Greenville as the crow flies.
At 100 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of North Carolina’s 288 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 68th; the typical North Carolina waterfall is about 50 feet. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 2 drops.
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. Clear Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 200 feet.
There are 49 recorded waterfalls in Macon County. Clear Creek Falls, a 200-foot cascade waterfall, is under a mile away. Brooks Creek Falls, a cascade waterfall, is about 1.5 miles away. Walkingstick Falls, is about 2.1 miles away.
Satulah Falls is located at 35.0307° N, 83.1979° 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.