North Carolina
Lower Thompson Ridge Falls
18 mi from Asheville · ~30 min drive
No height recorded
Lower Thompson Ridge Falls is a named waterfall in North Carolina — about 18 miles from Asheville, NC. Full visit details below.
- State
- North Carolina
- Nearest city
- Asheville, NC · 18 mi · ~30 min drive
- Coordinates
- 35.3915°, -82.7469°
Visiting Lower Thompson Ridge Falls
The exact location is at 35.3915°, -82.7469° — 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 Thompson Ridge 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 — 18 miles away (~30 min drive).
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Sources
Location and tag data for Lower Thompson Ridge 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.