Slick Rock Falls
North Carolina · height not recorded · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Slick Rock Falls is 69 cfs today, around its seasonal average.
Right now
Streamflow
69.4 cfs
DAVIDSON RIVER NEAR BREVARD, · 49m ago
Overnight
60°F
Mostly Cloudy
Sunday
85°F
Partly Sunny
Today's daylight
Sunrise 6:16 AM · Sunset 8:43 PM · 14h 27m
Snapshot built 6m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS GSP.
Slick Rock Falls is a waterfall in Transylvania County, 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.
Slick Rock Falls is a waterfall 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 · 5.4 mi away
DAVIDSON RIVER NEAR BREVARD, NC
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30-day streamflow
Below 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 85.7 cfs · 85% of last year — similar
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slick Rock Falls (this page) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lower Slick Rock Falls | 0 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Transylvania Falls | 0 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Middle Rockhouse Creek Falls | 0 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Upper Rockhouse Creek Falls | 1 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Lower Rockhouse Creek Falls | 1 mi | — | — | — | — |
Questions visitors ask about Slick 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 Slick Rock Falls from a major city?
Slick Rock Falls is 5 miles from Brevard (about 7 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
35.2932, -82.7975
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slick_Rock_Falls
Wikidata (Q7540272)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7540272
GeoNames (4491989)
https://www.geonames.org/4491989/
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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