North Carolina
Hickory Nut Falls
20 mi from Asheville · ~35 min drive
No height recorded
Hickory Nut Falls is a named waterfall in North Carolina — about 20 miles from Asheville, NC. Full visit details below.
- State
- North Carolina
- Nearest city
- Asheville, NC · 20 mi · ~35 min drive
- Coordinates
- 35.4330°, -82.2595°
From Wikipedia: Hickory Nut Falls, also known as Hickorynut Falls, is a waterfall located at Chimney Rock State Park in Rutherford County, North Carolina. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Hickory Nut Falls, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting Hickory Nut Falls
The exact location is at 35.4330°, -82.2595° — 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.
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Stay nearby
Driving in? The nearest documented metro is Asheville, NC — 20 miles away (~35 min drive).
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Sources
Location and tag data for Hickory Nut Falls comes from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL license) ; the Wikipedia article linked above provides additional history. 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.