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Little Fall Branch Falls – Pisgah National Forest, NC


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Length Difficulty Streams Views Solitude Camping
0.6 mls N/A N/A
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30 minutes
135 ft
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Park on Fall Branch Road. 35.75821, -82.97711
 

By Trail Contributor: Zach Robbins (Contact Zach)

This short hike to Little Fall Branch Falls is worth a quick stop if you are hiking in the Harmon Den Wildlife Management Area of Pisgah National Forest. If you are hiking to Max Patch or having a nice outing at the Cold Springs Picnic Area, then this 30-minute detour will most certainly surprise you. Little Fall Branch is very tiny, and it seems impossible that an impressive waterfall would be located on this watercourse. The waterfall is ~40 feet high and hemmed in by a cove of moss-covered cliffs. It would at its most spectacular in the summer after rain when everything is really green. Although the trail to the waterfall is unofficial, the path is easy and appropriate for any hiker. Parking for the trail is located beside the gate on FR 3526/Fall Branch Rd just beyond the Cold Springs Picnic Area and the gated road for the Harmon Den Horse Camp.

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