Great Falls is a 450-foot waterfall on Toxaway Creek in Transylvania County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 13.5 miles southwest of Brevard and roughly 31.4 miles northwest of Greenville as the crow flies.
At 450 feet it is among the ten tallest of the 288 North Carolina waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 5th. The tallest single drop is 140 feet. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 4 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. Toxaway Creek carries 6 recorded waterfalls, and Great Falls is the tallest of them.
Transylvania County holds 133 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Luner Falls, a 65-foot cascade waterfall, is under a mile away. Boushell Falls, a 30-foot fan waterfall, is under a mile away. First Falls, a 40-foot block waterfall, is under a mile away.
Great Falls is located at 35.0764° N, 82.8776° 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.