Worlds Edge Falls is a waterfall on Pool Creek in Rutherford County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 320 feet. It lies about 3 miles southwest of Lake Lure and roughly 21.8 miles southeast of Asheville as the crow flies.
At 320 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of North Carolina’s 288 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 14th; the typical North Carolina waterfall is about 50 feet. The tallest single drop is 220 feet. 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. Pool Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Worlds Edge Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 9 recorded waterfalls in Rutherford County. Wolf Creek Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 1.1 miles away. Bottomless Pools, a tiered waterfall, is about 1.7 miles away. Hickorynut Falls, a 351-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 2 miles away.
Worlds Edge Falls is located at 35.4054° N, 82.2495° 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.