Paradise Falls is a waterfall on Wolf Creek in Jackson County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 80 feet. It lies about 11.4 miles southeast of Cullowhee and roughly 36.4 miles southwest of Asheville as the crow flies.
At 80 feet it is taller than the typical North Carolina waterfall of about 50 feet, ranking 85th of 288 with a recorded height. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another.
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. Wolf Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Paradise Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 79 recorded waterfalls in Jackson County. Flat Creek Falls, a 240-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1.6 miles away. Upper Flat Creek Falls, is about 1.6 miles away. Sols Creek Falls, a 125-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 1.9 miles away.
Paradise Falls is located at 35.2245° N, 83.0055° 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.