Highlands Falls is one of the recorded waterfalls on Cullasaja River in Macon County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 14 miles southeast of Franklin and roughly 46.7 miles west of Greenville as the crow flies.
No height measurement has been recorded for it yet. The water comes down as 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. Cullasaja River carries 7 recorded waterfalls along its course.
There are 49 recorded waterfalls in Macon County. Pinkerton Pool Falls, a 15-foot slide waterfall, is about 1 miles away. Norton Mill Creek Falls, is about 1.1 miles away. Pinky Falls, a cascade waterfall, is about 2 miles away.
Highlands Falls is located at 35.0704° N, 83.1741° 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.