Mount Hardy Falls is a 100-foot waterfall in Haywood County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 11.5 miles northwest of Brevard and roughly 29.1 miles southwest of Asheville as the crow flies.
At 100 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of North Carolina’s 288 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 68th; the typical North Carolina waterfall is about 50 feet. By form it is a horsetail, where the water keeps some contact with the bedrock as it falls.
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.
Haywood County holds 23 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Lower Bubbling Spring Branch Falls, an 18-foot slide waterfall, is under a mile away. Upper Bubbling Spring Branch Falls, a 30-foot cascade waterfall, is under a mile away. Bubbling Spring Branch Cascades, a tiered waterfall, is under a mile away.
Mount Hardy Falls is located at 35.3040° N, 82.9198° 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 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.