Taylor Creek Falls is an 80-foot waterfall on Taylor Creek in Rutherford County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 6 miles north of Lake Lure and roughly 21.8 miles east of Asheville as the crow flies.
At 80 feet it is taller than the typical North Carolina waterfall of about 50 feet, ranking 85th of 288 with a recorded height. The tallest single drop is 30 feet. By form it is 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.
Rutherford County holds 9 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Rainbow Falls, a 160-foot tiered waterfall, is about 6.1 miles away. Cascades, The, 60 feet high, is about 6.3 miles away. Hemlock Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 6.4 miles away.
Taylor Creek Falls is located at 35.5127° N, 82.1813° 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.