Stack Rock Creek Falls is a waterfall on Stack Rock Creek in Avery County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 5.8 miles southwest of Foscoe and roughly 33.5 miles southeast of Johnson City as the crow flies.
Its height has not been recorded in the source data. By form it is a cascade, descending over a series of rock steps rather than in a single drop.
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.
Avery County holds 19 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Linn Cove Branch Falls, is under a mile away. Wilson Creek Falls, a tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Little Wilson Creek Falls, a slide waterfall, is about 1.5 miles away.
Stack Rock Creek Falls is located at 36.0900° N, 81.8198° 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 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.