Soco Falls, Maggie Valley, NC

Date	Distance	Time	Elevation Gain	Average Moving Time	Year to Date Miles
11/17/2021	0.2 miles	11 minutes	31'	1.6	465.1

Map: 

• North Carolina Waterfalls by Kevin Adams (both a book and a map)

Parking: Soco Falls, U.S. 19, Maggie Valley, NC. Pull of on the side of the highway.

Carolina Mountain Club Challenges:

• Waterfall Challenge, Soco Falls

Directions: The trail starts behind the guard rail, heading left and downhill. The trail leads to a viewing platform. There is also a scramble that can be done to get to the base of the falls.

A very short trail to a viewing platform. Others ahead of us did a scramble down a very steep dirt path to the base of the falls. The steep dirt path had several ropes that one could hold onto on the way down - I tried to photograph them, but didn't capture them well. We were tired today, so rappelling down the steep dirt path didn't appeal to me - if I had felt more energetic, I would have gone down to the bottom. This waterfall is off of a busy road.