Greenland Creek Falls
Location: Western North Carolina
Trip Starts: Cold Mountain Gap
Trip Ends: Cold Mountain Gap
Total Distance: 2.2 miles
Hike Type: Roundtrip, Loop Hike
Hike Difficulty: Easy to Moderate
Trails Used: Mac Gap/Greenland Creek Falls Trails
Trail Traffic: Light
Trip Type: Day HIke
More Information:
Nantahala National Forest
Highlands Ranger District
2010 Flat Mountain Rd,
Highlands, N.C. 28741
(828) 526-3765
Highlights:
On this hike to Greenland Creek Falls we started at Cold Mountain Gap and walked to the Powerline and Greenland Creek Falls trail. We followed the trail down a ridgeline for 250 feet to the creek – then walked Greenland Creek upstream until the trail ends at the falls.
Greenland Creek Falls are impressive and drop roughly 40-50 feet into a heavily forested and rocky pool at their base. From here, backtrack to a junction with the Mac Gap Trail and follow an old forest road back to the the gravel Cold Mountain Gap road.
More Details:
- click to see a video of our hike to Greenland Creek Falls
- click to see trail photos from this hike in the Nantahala National Forest: November 24, 2022
- click to view a trip report of this hike to Greenland Creek Falls: November 24, 2022 (password required)
- click to purchase the Nantahala and Cullasaja Gorges Trails Illustrated map which includes Panthertown
- click to view a trail map of this hike to Greenland Creek Falls
- click for a topographical and profile map of this hike from the Salt Rock trailhead (password required)
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- click to see a map of the entire Panthertown Valley trail system (password required)
- click to see the Panthertown USFS project map
- click to see a backpacking trip we did to Greenland Creek Falls the following day
- click to view another trip we did to Greenland Creek Falls on January 20, 2007
- click to see more trips to the Tuckasegee River in Panthertown Valley
- click to access the guidebook North Carolina Hiking Trails which has details on this destination
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