Roaring Fork Falls is a long, multi-step cascade on Roaring Fork Creek in Yancey County near Mount Mitchell, with sources estimating its height at roughly 45 to 100 feet over the full slide. A short, mostly flat old roadbed leads to its base.
Its 100 ft drop is taller than about 74% of the 775 waterfalls we track.
Roaring Fork Falls sits on Roaring Fork Creek. It lies in Yancey, North Carolina. The site is on public land managed by Pisgah National Forest (USFS).
This is a short hike waterfall: reached by a short trail, generally under about a mile each way. The walk in is brief — comfortable shoes are usually all you need. The walk to the main viewpoint runs about 1.3 miles round trip. The nearest town is Busick.
