North Carolina · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Buckshot Falls
40 mi from Asheville · ~1.2 hr drive
No height recorded
Buckshot Falls is a named waterfall in North Carolina — about 40 miles from Asheville, NC. Full visit details below.
- State
- North Carolina
- Nearest city
- Asheville, NC · 40 mi · ~1.2 hr drive
- Coordinates
- 35.5903°, -83.2660°
- Park
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (NP)
About Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Buckshot Falls is inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a U.S. National Park managed by the National Park Service. Conditions, road status, trail closures, and reservation requirements are published directly on the park's NPS page — check it before driving in, especially in winter or during major weather events.
Entrance fee: Free. No entrance fee. Parking tags ($5/day, $15/week, $40/year) required for vehicles parked over 15 minutes.
Park homepage: https://www.nps.gov/grsm/
Visiting Buckshot Falls
The exact location is at 35.5903°, -83.2660° — open in Google Maps for driving directions from your location.
Before you go: check current conditions with the appropriate land manager — state parks department, U.S. Forest Service ranger district, or National Park Service unit. Trail access, parking, water levels, and seasonal closures all vary. Several waterfalls in our database are seasonal and may run dry between mid-summer and the next rainy season.
If you've visited Buckshot Falls and have current notes (parking situation, dog policy, seasonality, kid-friendliness), tell us at /contact — we update pages as we learn more.
Stay nearby
Driving in? The nearest documented metro is Asheville, NC — 40 miles away (~1.2 hr drive).
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Sources
Location and tag data for Buckshot Falls comes from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL license) . We do not modify the underlying data — this page presents what's already publicly recorded. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page or contact us.