Skinny Dip Falls is a waterfall on Yellowstone Prong East Fork Pigeon River in Haywood County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 30 feet. It lies about 8.3 miles northwest of Brevard and roughly 24.9 miles southwest of Asheville as the crow flies.
At 30 feet it is on the modest side for North Carolina, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 50 feet; it ranks 201st of 288. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 3 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. Yellowstone Prong East Fork Pigeon River carries 4 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 125 feet.
There are 23 recorded waterfalls in Haywood County. Yellowstone Falls, a 125-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Second Falls, a 55-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. South Tributary Log Hollow Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 1.3 miles away.
Skinny Dip Falls is located at 35.3223° N, 82.8345° 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.