Gunter Fork Falls is a waterfall on Gunter Fork in Haywood County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 12.1 miles northwest of Cove Creek and roughly 36.7 miles west of Asheville as the crow flies.
Its height has not been recorded in the source data. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 3 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.
Haywood County holds 23 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Upper Mouse Creek Falls, a 65-foot tiered waterfall, is about 4 miles away. Mouse Creek Falls, a 25-foot cascade waterfall, is about 4.4 miles away. Hen Wallow Falls, a 45-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 5 miles away across the state line in Tennessee.
Gunter Fork Falls is located at 35.6968° N, 83.1967° 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.