Slippery Witch Falls is an 80-foot waterfall on Gumbottom Creek in Transylvania County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 19.3 miles southeast of Cullowhee and roughly 38.1 miles northwest of Greenville 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. By form it is 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. Gumbottom Creek carries 4 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 185 feet.
Transylvania County holds 133 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. D.E.W. Falls, a block waterfall, is under a mile away. Johns Jump Falls, a 25-foot fan waterfall, is under a mile away. Tumblin’ Fun Falls, a 185-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away.
Slippery Witch Falls is located at 35.0692° N, 83.0126° 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.