Elysium Falls is a 30-foot waterfall on North Fork French Broad River in Transylvania County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 7.2 miles west of Brevard and roughly 31.3 miles southwest of Asheville as the crow flies.
At 30 feet it is on the modest side for North Carolina, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 50 feet; it ranks 201st of 288. The tallest single drop is 15 feet. 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. North Fork French Broad River carries 4 recorded waterfalls, and Elysium Falls is the tallest of them.
Transylvania County holds 133 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Bird Rock Falls, a 15-foot block waterfall, is under a mile away. Tucker Creek Falls, is about 1.5 miles away. Lamance Creek Falls, is about 1.7 miles away.
Elysium Falls is located at 35.2237° N, 82.8616° 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.