Dry Falls

Nantahala National Forest, North Carolina, USA

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Waterfall Safety and Common Sense

Dry Falls (like the nearby Bridal Veil Falls) was another roadside waterfall. But instead of driving behind the waterfall, this one lets you go behind it the old fashioned way – by walking!

A short and well-developed walking path from the car park led down some stairs towards the backside of the falls. The wide path continued a little beyond the falls from the other side before reaching a dead-end. So given the infrastructure invested in this falls (apparently it recently re-opened just a month prior to our arrival), it wasn’t surprising to see this place full of people.

This 65ft waterfall exhibited pretty forceful flow during our visit so getting behind something like this certainly caused us to get a little wet from the mist, but it also allowed us to appreciate its power at close range.

We came here in the middle of an Autumn afternoon so we were treated to gorgeous Autumn colors around the waterfall. However, when viewed from its front, the sun was right against us. So that might be a consideration if you’re concerned about photographs.

To give you an idea of how easy this excursion was, we spent about a half-hour here encompassing the walking and all the picture-taking.

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