Upper Silver Run Falls is a waterfall on Silver Run Creek in Jackson County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 15 feet. It lies about 18.2 miles south of Cullowhee and roughly 40.7 miles west of Greenville as the crow flies.
At 15 feet it is on the modest side for North Carolina, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 50 feet; it ranks 265th of 288. The water comes down as 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. Silver Run Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 25 feet.
There are 79 recorded waterfalls in Jackson County. Silver Run Falls, a 25-foot horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away. Sliding Rock, a slide waterfall, is about 2.4 miles away. Slippery Witch Falls, an 80-foot tiered waterfall, is about 2.9 miles away.
Upper Silver Run Falls is located at 35.0672° N, 83.0642° 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.