Indian Creek Falls is a waterfall on Indian Creek in Swain County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 25 feet. It lies about 3.1 miles northeast of Bryson City and roughly 43.6 miles southeast of Knoxville as the crow flies.
At 25 feet it is on the modest side for North Carolina, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 50 feet; it ranks 223rd of 288. The water comes down as 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. Indian Creek carries 7 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 150 feet.
There are 22 recorded waterfalls in Swain County. Tom Branch Falls, 75 feet high, is under a mile away. Juney Whank Falls, a tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Little Creek Falls, a 55-foot cascade waterfall, is about 3.9 miles away.
Indian Creek Falls is located at 35.4727° N, 83.4274° 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.