North Carolina · Documented attraction
Lower Cascades
36 mi from Greensboro · ~1.0 hr drive
No height recorded
Lower Cascades is a named waterfall in North Carolina — about 36 miles from Greensboro, NC. Full visit details below.
- State
- North Carolina
- Nearest city
- Greensboro, NC · 36 mi · ~1.0 hr drive
- Coordinates
- 36.4148°, -80.2684°
- Listed as
- Tourist attraction (OpenStreetMap)
From Wikipedia: Lower Cascades is a waterfall in North Central North Carolina, located in Hanging Rock State Park in Stokes County. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Lower Cascades (Hanging Rock), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting Lower Cascades
The exact location is at 36.4148°, -80.2684° — 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 Lower Cascades 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 Greensboro, NC — 36 miles away (~1.0 hr drive).
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Sources
Location and tag data for Lower Cascades 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.