Turnbreeches Creek Falls is a 120-foot waterfall on Turnbreeches Creek in Henderson County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 1.9 miles east of Edneyville and roughly 19.7 miles southeast of Asheville as the crow flies.
At 120 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of North Carolina’s 288 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 57th; the typical North Carolina waterfall is about 50 feet. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 2 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.
Henderson County holds 20 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Little Creek Falls, a 60-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 1.3 miles away. Wolf Creek Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 3.1 miles away. Worlds Edge Falls, a 320-foot tiered waterfall, is about 3.3 miles away.
Turnbreeches Creek Falls is located at 35.3984° N, 82.3074° 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.