25 ranked entries

The tallest waterfall in North Carolina

Heights from Wikipedia, Wikidata, USGS, and OSM. We list them tallest first and skip entries where no source agrees on a number — better to have a short, honest list than a long fake one.

Rank	Name	Height	Park
1	Upper Whitewater Falls	410 ft	—
2	Big Falls	197 ft	Nantahala National Forest
3	Wildcat Falls	197 ft	Middle Prong Wilderness
4	Windy Falls	197 ft	Nantahala National Forest
5	Boulderfield Falls	164 ft	Shining Rock Wilderness
6	Wintergreen Falls	164 ft	Gorges State Park
7	Toxaway Falls	150 ft	—
8	Shunkawauken Falls	148 ft	—
9	Sky Falls	148 ft	Gorges State Park
10	Dismal Falls	131 ft	Pisgah National Forest
11	Rainbow Falls	128 ft	Nantahala National Forest
12	Mingo Falls	120 ft	—
13	Goliath Falls	118 ft	—
14	High Falls	98 ft	—
15	Incredible Falls	98 ft	Stone Mountain State Park
16	Indian Ford Falls	98 ft	Gorges State Park
17	Mount Hardy Falls	98 ft	Middle Prong Wilderness
18	Upper Bearwallow Falls	98 ft	Gorges State Park
19	Upper Creek Falls	98 ft	Pisgah National Forest
20	Yellowstone Falls	98 ft	Pisgah National Forest
21	Pearson's Falls	89 ft	—
22	Middle Fork Rock Creek Falls	79 ft	—
23	Big Bradley Falls	75 ft	Green River Game Lands
24	Buckeye Falls	66 ft	Middle Prong Wilderness
25	Crabtree Falls	66 ft	—

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