Darnells Creek Falls is a waterfall on Darnells Creek in Wilkes County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 440 feet. It lies about 9.2 miles southeast of Jefferson and roughly 57.2 miles east of Johnson City as the crow flies.
At 440 feet it is among the ten tallest of the 288 North Carolina waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 7th. The water comes down as 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.
There are 16 recorded waterfalls in Wilkes County. Roten Creek Falls, a 240-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1 miles away. Wingler Creek Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 4 miles away. Cox Road Cascades, a 30-foot tiered waterfall, is about 5 miles away.
Darnells Creek Falls is located at 36.3584° N, 81.3266° 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 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.