Forest
Jackson, NC
Whitewater Falls offers an 811-foot waterfall, a wheelchair-accessible quarter-mile paved overlook walkway, and dawn-to-dusk access year-round.
Forest
NC
Panthertown offers 30 miles of public non-motorized trails across a 6,311-acre backcountry recreation area with waterfalls, bogs, and granite formations.
The vehicle fee is $2 for vehicles carrying seven or fewer people, collected through an honor system.
The paved quarter-mile walkway to the upper overlook is wheelchair accessible. The routes toward the lower river and falls are steep, slippery, or treacherous and are not fully accessible.
The parking area has picnic tables and restrooms. The site is open from dawn until dusk year-round.
Panthertown is a backcountry area without restrooms, trash cans, or attendants, and visitors are advised to bring a map and compass because navigation experience is important.
Panthertown's public trail system is non-motorized. Commercial equestrian and mountain bike guides are not permitted.