Flat Creek Falls is a waterfall on Flat Creek in Jackson County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 240 feet. It lies about 10.3 miles southeast of Cullowhee and roughly 37.7 miles southwest of Asheville as the crow flies.
At 240 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of North Carolina’s 288 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 22nd; the typical North Carolina waterfall is about 50 feet. The tallest single drop is 75 feet. 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. Flat Creek carries 6 recorded waterfalls, and Flat Creek Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 79 recorded waterfalls in Jackson County. Upper Flat Creek Falls, is under a mile away. Robinson Creek Falls, a 30-foot cascade waterfall, is under a mile away. Big Branch Cove Falls, a 40-foot cascade waterfall, is about 1.2 miles away.
Flat Creek Falls is located at 35.2203° N, 83.0333° 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.