Lower Little Lost Cove Creek Falls is a waterfall on Little Lost Cove Creek in Avery County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 60 feet. It lies about 10.1 miles south of Banner Elk and roughly 35.5 miles southeast of Johnson City as the crow flies.
At 60 feet it is taller than the typical North Carolina waterfall of about 50 feet, ranking 114th of 288 with a recorded height. The water comes down as a slide, where the water glides down a smooth, inclined rock surface.
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. Little Lost Cove Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Lower Little Lost Cove Creek Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 19 recorded waterfalls in Avery County. Upper Little Lost Cove Creek Falls, a tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. North Harper Creek Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 1.3 miles away. Chestnut Cove Branch Falls, is about 1.4 miles away.
Lower Little Lost Cove Creek Falls is located at 36.0215° N, 81.8300° 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.