Camp Minnehaha Falls is one of the recorded waterfalls on Grassy Creek in Henderson County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 5.2 miles northwest of Lake Lure and roughly 17.8 miles southeast of Asheville as the crow flies.
No height measurement has been recorded for it yet. The water comes down as a horsetail, where the water keeps some contact with the bedrock as it falls.
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. Grassy Creek carries 6 recorded waterfalls along its course.
There are 20 recorded waterfalls in Henderson County. Cascades, The, 60 feet high, is under a mile away. Hemlock Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 1 miles away. Rainbow Falls, a 160-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1.9 miles away.
Camp Minnehaha Falls is located at 35.4642° N, 82.2849° 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.