Type Cascade and Slide Elevation 364 m Zip code 28654 Area code 336 | Total height 42 ft (13 m) Area 13.2 km² Population 1,440 (2000) | |
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Location Moravian Falls Campground, Moravian Falls, Wilkes County, in North Carolina | ||
Moravian falls nc angel in the falls
Moravian Falls is a waterfall in Wilkes County, North Carolina.
Contents
- Moravian falls nc angel in the falls
- Map of Moravian Falls NC USA
- Moravian falls place of angelic visitations
- Geology
- Natural history
- Visiting the falls
- Nearby falls
- References
Map of Moravian Falls, NC, USA
Moravian falls place of angelic visitations
Geology
The waterfall is located on Moravian Creek, where it flows over a large bedrock to a lower plunge pool.
Natural history
The falls is privately owned by a campground who has built a reproduction of an old mill next to the falls.
Visiting the falls
From US Highway 421, exit onto NC Highway 18 and NC Highway 16. Follow NC 18/16 south to the town of Moravian Falls, bearing right to stay on NC 18. After 0.4 miles, turn left onto Falls Rd. and go 0.5 miles to a view of the falls on the left.
The falls is located on the grounds of the Moravian Falls Campground, whose owners have allowed the public to access the falls (so long as they ask permission at the inside the camp store before walking to the falls, which are viewable from the road (please do not slow down or block traffic to view them).
Visitors should obey all rules at the campground concerning the falls, and should not swim near or above the falls.