Indian Ford Falls is a 122-foot waterfall on Rock Creek in Transylvania County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 14 miles southwest of Brevard and roughly 30.9 miles northwest of Greenville as the crow flies.
At 122 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of North Carolina’s 288 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 56th; the typical North Carolina waterfall is about 50 feet. The tallest single drop is 91 feet. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 4 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. Rock Creek carries 3 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 272 feet.
Transylvania County holds 133 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Rock Creek Falls, a 272-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Old Toxaway Falls, a 140-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Bearpen Falls, is under a mile away.
Indian Ford Falls is located at 35.0657° N, 82.8739° 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.