Glen Marie Falls is a waterfall on New Years Creek in Caldwell County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 60 feet. It lies about 1 miles south of Blowing Rock and roughly 39.6 miles east of Johnson City as the crow flies.
At 60 feet it is taller than the typical North Carolina waterfall of about 50 feet, ranking 114th of 288 with a recorded height. The water comes down as a cascade, descending over a series of rock steps rather than in a single drop.
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. New Years Creek carries 3 recorded waterfalls, and Glen Marie Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 11 recorded waterfalls in Caldwell County. Glen Burney Falls, a 45-foot slide waterfall, is under a mile away. New Years Creek Cascades, a tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Thunderhole Falls, a 15-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1.2 miles away.
Glen Marie Falls is located at 36.1217° N, 81.6844° 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.