North Carolina
Turtleback Falls
36 mi from Greenville · ~1.1 hr drive
13ft tall
≈ 4 m
≈ 4 m
Turtleback Falls is a named waterfall in North Carolina — a smaller 13-foot cascade, about 36 miles from Greenville, SC. Full visit details below.
- State
- North Carolina
- Nearest city
- Greenville, SC · 36 mi · ~1.1 hr drive
- Height
- 13 ft (4 m)
- Coordinates
- 35.0925°, -82.9662°
From Wikipedia: Turtleback Falls, also called Umbrella Falls, is a waterfall in Western North Carolina, located near Rosman. The falls is located on the Horsepasture River in the Pisgah National Forest. The falls is usually accessed by a hike starting in Gorges State Park which passes through Pisgah National Forest property. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Turtleback Falls, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting Turtleback Falls
The exact location is at 35.0925°, -82.9662° — 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 Greenville, SC — 36 miles away (~1.1 hr drive).
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Sources
Location and tag data for Turtleback 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.