High Shoals Falls is a waterfall on High Shoals Creek in McDowell County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 6.8 miles southeast of West Marion and roughly 35.3 miles east of Asheville as the crow flies.
Its height has not been recorded in the source data. By form it is 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.
McDowell County holds 11 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Hemlock Falls, 25 feet high, is about 1.1 miles away. Split Rock Falls, 25 feet high, is about 1.2 miles away. Hidden Falls, 25 feet high, is about 1.3 miles away.
High Shoals Falls is located at 35.6014° N, 81.9261° 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.