Slick Rock Falls
North Carolina · height not recorded · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Slick Rock Falls is light today (49 cfs) — visit for the geology, not the volume.
Right now
Streamflow
48.7 cfs
DAVIDSON RIVER NEAR BREVARD, · 39m ago
Today
62°F
Sunny
Tonight
36°F
Mostly Clear
Today's daylight
Sunrise 7:45 AM · Sunset 6:44 PM · 10h 59m
Snapshot built 7m 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 sits in Transylvania County, North Carolina. The base sits at roughly 2,824 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 7 minutes from Brevard. A trail — Slick Rock Falls Trail — runs within 30 meters of the marked location. This is one of the more frequently visited falls in the state by our popularity model. Source records come 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: 41.6 cfs · 118% 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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