Bottomless Pools is a waterfall on Pool Creek in Rutherford County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 1.7 miles west of Lake Lure and roughly 21.6 miles southeast of Asheville as the crow flies.
Its height has not been recorded in the source data. By form it is 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. Pool Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls along its course.
Rutherford County holds 9 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Wolf Creek Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 1.5 miles away. Hickorynut Falls, a 351-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 1.5 miles away. Worlds Edge Falls, a 320-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1.7 miles away.
Bottomless Pools is located at 35.4264° N, 82.2344° 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.