Taywa Creek Falls is a waterfall on Taywa Creek in Swain County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 8.8 miles north of Cherokee and roughly 41.5 miles southeast of Knoxville as the crow flies.
Its height has not been recorded in the source data. 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.
Swain County holds 22 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Chasteen Creek Cascade, a 15-foot cascade waterfall, is about 1.4 miles away. Lester Prong Falls, is about 4.2 miles away across the state line in Tennessee. Horseshoe Branch Falls, is about 4.9 miles away across the state line in Tennessee.
Taywa Creek Falls is located at 35.6012° N, 83.3273° 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.