Laurel Fork Falls
Laurel Fork Falls is a waterfall in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 1,208 m. Black Balsam Knob stands 1,890 m to the north-northwest, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Sassafras Knob Falls, a waterfall 0.3 miles away. Forest Heritage Scenic Byway passes 2.7 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 16 m
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- 4.6 mi off the Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway, National
- 2.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 9.1 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Fetterbush Overlook (MP 421.7) · 2 mi
- View Devils Courthouse (MP 422.4) · 3 mi
- East Fork Overlook · 3 mi
- Looking Glass Rock Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sassafras Knob Falls: 0.3 mi
- Gemini Falls: 0.3 mi
- Lower Laurel Fork Falls: 0.5 mi
- Shuck Ridge Creek Falls: 1.2 mi
- Upper Kiesee Falls: 1.3 mi
- Sassafras Knob: 0.6 mi
- Pilot Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Rich Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Brushy Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Chestnut Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Cradle of Forestry in America: 6.6 mi
- Silvermont Mansion Park: 8.0 mi
- Franklin Park: 8.1 mi
- City of Brevard Sports Complex: 8.6 mi
- Wolf Creek Lake Access Area: 8.8 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 7.4 mi
- Rhododenron Garden: 17.5 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 18.4 mi
- Susanna Wesley Garden: 18.5 mi
- Plant Professional Landscape Garden: 20.2 mi
- North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 3.1 mi
- Camp John Rock: 3.7 mi
- Buck Springs Lodge foundation: 11.2 mi
- Ferin Fire Tower: 16.2 mi
- the "Big Gun" Clyde Veterans Memorial: 17.8 mi
- Horseshoe Rock: 6.7 mi
- Castle Rock: 10.1 mi
- Dunns Rock: 10.2 mi
- River Cliffs: 10.9 mi
- Bald Cliff: 11.4 mi
- 1915 Climax Locomotive: 6.8 mi
- M1: 7.8 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 11.5 mi
- Judaculla Rock: 14.3 mi
- Wayehutta OHV Trail System: 16.3 mi
- Cradle of Forestry: 6.7 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 7.4 mi
- Canton Area Historical Museum: 17.6 mi
- Shook Museum: 17.8 mi
- Fine Art Museum: 18.6 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 5.6 mi
- Shining Rock Wilderness: 7.6 mi
- Cold Mountain Gameland: 9.2 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 20.5 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 23.8 mi
- Berm Park: 17.8 mi
- Chalice: 18.2 mi
- American Eclipse: 18.3 mi
- Ear: 18.4 mi
- Chief Junaluska: 18.5 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 10.9 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 16.4 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 16.5 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 21.1 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 21.2 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 11.7 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 19.1 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 21.6 mi
- Cool Spring: 13.9 mi
- Crystal Spring: 20.7 mi
- Lenox Spring: 22.0 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 14.6 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Laurel Fork Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Balsam Knob | NNW 344° | 1,890 m | 3.5 mi |
| Mount Hardy | WNW 293° | 1,866 m | 4.3 mi |
| Tennent Mountain | N 351° | 1,846 m | 4.1 mi |
| Sam Knob | NNW 329° | 1,844 m | 4.1 mi |
| Grassy Cove Top | N 356° | 1,844 m | 4.8 mi |
| Shining Rock | N 357° | 1,829 m | 6.2 mi |
| Silvermine Bald | NW 325° | 1,822 m | 2.5 mi |
| Chestnut Bald | NW 317° | 1,821 m | 2.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:44 | 17:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 40 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 7.0 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 7.6 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 7.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brevard, 8 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Jul.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 160 | 169 | 178 | 171 | 144 | 112 | 95.2 | 98.7 | 100 | 97.7 | 109 | 138 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Davidson River Near Brevard, NC, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/550967295
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 27 mi
Take the scenic way to Laurel Fork Falls.
Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.