Shacktown Falls is a waterfall on North Deep Creek in Yadkin County, North Carolina, in the Piedmont region, with a total height of about 12 feet. It lies about 3.8 miles east of Yadkinville and roughly 19.6 miles west of Winston-Salem as the crow flies.
At 12 feet it is one of the lowest falls in the state’s records: of the 288 North Carolina waterfalls with a documented height only 3 are shorter, while the typical North Carolina waterfall stands around 50 feet. The water comes down as a block waterfall, wider than it is tall, spilling over a broad ledge.
The Piedmont is rolling upland between the Appalachians and the coastal plain, with mixed oak-pine forest, farmland and expanding cities. Waterfalls mark the fall line and the rocky beds of rivers crossing hard crystalline rock.
There are 2 recorded waterfalls in Yadkin County. Fall Creek Falls, a block waterfall, is about 9.5 miles away. Carter Falls, a 50-foot slide waterfall, is about 19.8 miles away. Torys Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 25.2 miles away.
Shacktown Falls is located at 36.1242° N, 80.5932° 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.