Roaring Fork Falls

Roaring Fork is a little stream that finds its source along the heights of the Black Mountains. The green of rock moss, rosebay rhododendron, and dog hobble give this the appearance of being tropical, though autumn is evident here.

The falls starts about 50-feet above here, where the placid stream descends steeply and loudly over a series of rocky drops to the pool where I'm standing. This is the most water I've seen here, despite the fact it hadn't rained for over a week.

For the most part, Roaring Fork is such a gently quiet little creek, yet here it makes its name evident in a wild and most beautiful way. Most images I’ve seen of it appear quite flat, because of issues with lens perspective, which is out of character of the true nature of this waterfall... its heights are part of its majesty, and I hope I’ve made that apparent here.

Roaring Fork Falls Dressed in her Greens Yancey County, Western North Carolina Accessed via NC-80 off the Blue Ridge Parkway Date Taken: June 06,...