Wilderness Falls is a 65-foot waterfall on tributary of Frolictown Creek in Jackson County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 12.8 miles southeast of Cullowhee and roughly 40.8 miles southwest 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. By form it is 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.
Jackson County holds 79 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Frolictown Creek Falls, a 15-foot block waterfall, is under a mile away. Granny Burrell Falls, a 15-foot slide waterfall, is under a mile away. Maidenhair Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 1.6 miles away.
Wilderness Falls is located at 35.1640° N, 83.0424° 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.