Upper Mouse Creek Falls is a waterfall on Mouse Creek in Haywood County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 65 feet. It lies about 10.2 miles northwest of Cove Creek and roughly 33.3 miles west of Asheville as the crow flies.
At 65 feet it is taller than the typical North Carolina waterfall of about 50 feet, ranking 108th of 288 with a recorded height. The water comes down as 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. Mouse Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Upper Mouse Creek Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 23 recorded waterfalls in Haywood County. Mouse Creek Falls, a 25-foot cascade waterfall, is about 1.2 miles away. Midnight Hole Falls, a 6-foot punchbowl waterfall, is about 1.8 miles away. Gunter Fork Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 4 miles away.
Upper Mouse Creek Falls is located at 35.7179° N, 83.1299° 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.