Cedar Rock Falls
North Carolina · height not recorded · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Cedar Rock Falls is light today (35 cfs) — visit for the geology, not the volume.
Right now
Streamflow
34.9 cfs
DAVIDSON RIVER NEAR BREVARD, · 1h ago
Overnight
62°F
Partly Cloudy
Friday
86°F
Partly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Today's daylight
Sunrise 6:24 AM · Sunset 8:48 PM · 14h 24m
Snapshot built 12m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS GSP.
Cedar Rock Falls is a waterfall in North Carolina. Height has not been officially recorded. Access details and conditions have not yet been verified in person by Fallspots — the data on this page comes from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
Cedar Rock Falls is in North Carolina. The base sits at roughly 2,621 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 6 minutes from Brevard. OpenStreetMap shows a trail within 10 meters of the marked location, though the name isn't recorded. This is one of the more frequently visited falls in the state by our popularity model. Source records come from OpenStreetMap.
Cedar Rock Falls is a waterfall in Transylvania County, North Carolina, USA.
Is the water flowing right now?
Most waterfall sites don't tell you this. The waterfall itself is almost never gauged, but a USGS streamgage in the same watershed can tell you whether snowmelt has started, peaked, or run dry.
USGS gage 03441000 · 5.3 mi away
DAVIDSON RIVER NEAR BREVARD, NC
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30-day streamflow
Below 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 101 cfs · 39% of last year — significantly drier
Compare to nearby falls
If this one isn't the right fit, here's how it stacks up against the closest documented falls. Every column is filterable on the site — not buried in 13,000 reviews.
| Waterfall | Distance | Height | Trail | Dogs | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Rock Falls (this page) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Upper Cedar Rock Falls | 0 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Lower Rockhouse Creek Falls | 1 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Grogan Creek Falls | 1 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Whaleback Falls | 1 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Lower Slick Rock Falls | 1 mi | — | — | — | — |
Questions visitors ask about Cedar Rock Falls
Answers built from our structured data. If a question isn't here, the fact is unverified — we'd rather omit than guess.
How far is Cedar Rock Falls from a major city?
Cedar Rock Falls is 5 miles from Brevard (about 6 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
35.2780, -82.7996
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Rock_Falls
Wikidata (Q38328)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38328
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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