Hunt-Fish Falls is a waterfall on Lost Cove Creek in Avery County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 12 feet. It lies about 10.4 miles south of Foscoe and roughly 37 miles southeast of Johnson City as the crow flies.
At 12 feet it is one of the lowest falls in the state’s records: of the 288 North Carolina waterfalls with a documented height only 3 are shorter, while the typical North Carolina waterfall stands around 50 feet. The tallest single drop is 7 feet. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 2 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.
There are 19 recorded waterfalls in Avery County. Lower Gragg Prong Falls, is under a mile away. Upper Gragg Prong Falls, a 16-foot slide waterfall, is under a mile away. Bard Falls, a 30-foot horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away.
Hunt-Fish Falls is located at 36.0139° N, 81.8043° 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.