Bird Rock Falls is a waterfall on North Fork French Broad River in Transylvania County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 15 feet. It lies about 7.2 miles west of Brevard and roughly 31.4 miles southwest of Asheville as the crow flies.
At 15 feet it is on the modest side for North Carolina, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 50 feet; it ranks 265th of 288. The water comes down as a block waterfall, wider than it is tall, spilling over a broad ledge.
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. North Fork French Broad River carries 4 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 30 feet.
There are 133 recorded waterfalls in Transylvania County. Elysium Falls, a 30-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Tucker Creek Falls, is about 1.5 miles away. Lamance Creek Falls, is about 1.5 miles away.
Bird Rock Falls is located at 35.2212° N, 82.8613° 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.