Tumblin’ Fun Falls is a waterfall on Gumbottom Creek in Transylvania County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 185 feet. It lies about 18.8 miles southwest of Brevard and roughly 37.6 miles northwest of Greenville as the crow flies.
At 185 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of North Carolina’s 288 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 39th; the typical North Carolina waterfall is about 50 feet. The tallest single drop is 50 feet. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 12 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. Gumbottom Creek carries 4 recorded waterfalls, and Tumblin’ Fun Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 133 recorded waterfalls in Transylvania County. White Owl Falls, a 16-foot cascade waterfall, is under a mile away. High Falls, a 55-foot slide waterfall, is under a mile away. Johns Jump Falls, a 25-foot fan waterfall, is under a mile away.
Tumblin’ Fun Falls is located at 35.0719° N, 83.0011° 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 position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.