Moore Cove Falls
North Carolina · 49-foot drop · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Moore Cove Falls is light today (31 cfs) — visit for the geology, not the volume.
Right now
Streamflow
31.1 cfs
DAVIDSON RIVER NEAR BREVARD, · 34m ago
Today
87°F
Sunny
Tonight
61°F
Partly Cloudy
Today's daylight
Sunrise 7:10 AM · Sunset 7:46 PM · 12h 37m
Snapshot built 10m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS GSP.
Moore Cove Falls is a waterfall in North Carolina. It drops roughly 49 feet. Access details and conditions have not yet been verified in person by Fallspots — the data on this page comes from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
Moore Cove Falls is in North Carolina. The base sits at roughly 2,706 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 7 minutes from Brevard. OpenStreetMap shows a trail within 10 meters of the marked location, though the name isn't recorded. No public parking is recorded within 2 km, so a longer approach is likely. This is one of the more frequently visited falls in the state by our popularity model. Source records come from OpenStreetMap.
Moore Cove Falls is a waterfall in Pisgah National Forest in Western North Carolina, located near Brevard.
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 · 4.9 mi away
DAVIDSON RIVER NEAR BREVARD, NC
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30-day streamflow
Below 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 62.9 cfs · 51% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moore Cove Falls (this page) | — | 49 ft | — | — | — |
| Upper Moore Cove Falls | 0 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Little Moore Cove Falls | 0 mi | 26 ft | — | — | — |
| Upper Little Moore Cove Falls | 0 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Tranquility Falls | 0 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Sliding Rock | 1 mi | — | — | — | — |
Side-by-side comparisons
Moore Cove Falls compared head-to-head with other documented falls — height, access, fees, dogs, swimmability in one row each.
Related waterfalls
Similar height (~49 ft)
- Bozen KIll Falls49 ft
- Bridal Veil Falls49 ft
- Campbell Falls49 ft
- Dean's Ravine Falls49 ft
- Great Falls49 ft
Questions visitors ask about Moore Cove Falls
Answers built from our structured data. If a question isn't here, the fact is unverified — we'd rather omit than guess.
How tall is Moore Cove Falls?
Moore Cove Falls is 49 feet (15 m) tall. Height is sourced from OSM.
How far is Moore Cove Falls from a major city?
Moore Cove Falls is 5 miles from Brevard (about 7 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
35.3119, -82.7777
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore_Cove_Falls
Wikidata (Q6908151)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6908151
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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