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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

AQI: 30 (Good) · PM2.5 6.8 µg/m³

Snapshot built 6m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS GSP.

Slick Rock Falls, a waterfall in North Carolina
Photo: Wikimedia Commons (see image page for full attribution)

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.

30-day streamflow

Below 30-day average
2026-05-08 · low 32.4 cfstoday 72.6 cfs · avg 125.7 cfs

↻ 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.

WaterfallDistanceHeightTrailDogsFee
Slick Rock Falls (this page)
Lower Slick Rock Falls0 mi
Transylvania Falls0 mi
Middle Rockhouse Creek Falls0 mi
Upper Rockhouse Creek Falls1 mi
Lower Rockhouse Creek Falls1 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.

Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15

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