Upper South Harper Creek Falls is one of the recorded waterfalls on Harper Creek in Avery County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 12.8 miles south of Foscoe and roughly 38 miles southeast of Johnson City as the crow flies.
No height measurement has been recorded for it yet. The water comes down as a slide, where the water glides down a smooth, inclined rock surface.
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. Harper Creek carries 4 recorded waterfalls along its course.
There are 19 recorded waterfalls in Avery County. South Harper Creek Falls, a 120-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Bard Falls, a 30-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 1.5 miles away. Harper Creek Falls, a 40-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1.9 miles away.
Upper South Harper Creek Falls is located at 35.9798° N, 81.8128° 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 position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.