Bald Springs Falls is a 100-foot waterfall on Bald Springs Branch in Clay County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 5.7 miles southeast of Andrews and roughly 58.1 miles south of Knoxville 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 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.
Clay County holds 5 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Leatherwood Falls, a 25-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 4.9 miles away. Kennedy Falls, is about 5.2 miles away. Melton Creek Falls, is about 6.4 miles away.
Bald Springs Falls is located at 35.1272° N, 83.7806° 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.