Glen Falls
Hiking Trail
Why pick this one
Glen Falls offers a Highlands-area waterfall hike with approximately 600 feet of falling water and multiple viewpoints.
Best for
- Visitors seeking one major waterfall hike near Highlands
- Photographers wanting multiple waterfall vantage points
- Hikers interested in viewing upper, middle, and lower waterfall sections
Look elsewhere if
- Visitors unable to manage steep, difficult, or potentially dangerous trail sections
- Visitors seeking fully developed paved-road access
- Visitors planning to use the unofficial scramble path or wade the creek
Specialties
- Waterfall hiking
- Multi-viewpoint waterfall photography
What makes them different
- Approximately 600 feet of falling water across the full waterfall run
- Multiple viewpoints covering upper, middle, and lower waterfall sections
- Unpaved Glen Falls Road leads to a trailhead parking turnaround
- Waterfall beauty rating of 10 from the website guide
- Located 1.75 miles south of the US 64 and NC 106 junction in Highlands
- Serves
- Highlands
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- Hwy 106, Highlands, NC 28741
- Website
- http://www.ncwaterfalls.com/glen1.htm
Services
- Hiking trail access
- Waterfall viewing
- Hiking directions and visitor guidance