Fall Creek Falls is a waterfall on Fall Creek in Rockingham County, North Carolina, in the Piedmont region. It lies about 6.3 miles south of Horse Pasture and roughly 33.7 miles northeast of Winston-Salem as the crow flies.
Its height has not been recorded in the source data. By form it is a horsetail, where the water keeps some contact with the bedrock as it falls.
The Piedmont is rolling upland between the Appalachians and the coastal plain, with mixed oak-pine forest, farmland and expanding cities. Waterfalls mark the fall line and the rocky beds of rivers crossing hard crystalline rock. Fall Creek carries 5 recorded waterfalls along its course.
It is the only recorded waterfall in Rockingham County. Lower Cascade Falls, a 35-foot cascade waterfall, is about 18 miles away. Window Falls, a 27-foot tiered waterfall, is about 18.1 miles away. Hidden Falls, a 12-foot cascade waterfall, is about 18.2 miles away.
Fall Creek Falls is located at 36.5412° N, 79.9848° 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.