Key Falls

Key Falls
Key Falls
	Key Falls
Location	Brevard, Transylvania County, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina
Coordinates	35°14′57.24″N82°40′40″W / 35.2492333°N 82.67778°W
Type	Cascade, Tiered Cascade
Total height	50 ft (15 m)

Last updated April 14, 2019

Key Falls, is a 50 ft (38 m) waterfall located near Brevard, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.

A waterfall is an area where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops in the course of a stream or river. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf.

Brevard, North Carolina City in North Carolina, United States

Brevard is a city in Transylvania County, North Carolina, United States, with a population of 7,609 as of the 2010 Census. It is the county seat of Transylvania County.

The Blue Ridge Mountains are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Mountains range. The mountain range is located in the eastern United States, and extends 550 miles southwest from southern Pennsylvania through Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia. This province consists of northern and southern physiographic regions, which divide near the Roanoke River gap. To the west of the Blue Ridge, between it and the bulk of the Appalachians, lies the Great Appalachian Valley, bordered on the west by the Ridge and Valley province of the Appalachian range.

Geology

Key Falls is a waterfall with a watershed located on an unnamed tributary of the French Broad River. The creek trickles over a series of rocks before continuing on to the French Broad River a few hundred yards downstream.

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater, leading the water out into an ocean.

The French Broad River flows 218 miles (351 km) from near the town of Rosman in Transylvania County, North Carolina, into the state of Tennessee. Its confluence with the Holston River at Knoxville is the beginning of the Tennessee River. The river flows through the counties of Transylvania, Buncombe, Henderson, and Madison in North Carolina, and Cocke, Jefferson, Sevier, and Knox in Tennessee, and drains large portions of the Pisgah National Forest and the Cherokee National Forest.

Visiting Key Falls

The falls is on private property, but the owners allow public access to the falls. The property is owned by Key Falls Inn, a Victorian-style bed and breakfast.

Victorian decorative arts refers to the style of decorative arts during the Victorian era. Victorian design is widely viewed as having indulged in a grand excess of ornament. The Victorian era is known for its interpretation and eclectic revival of historic styles mixed with the introduction of middle east and Asian influences in furniture, fittings, and interior decoration. The Arts and Crafts movement, the aesthetic movement, Anglo-Japanese style, and Art Nouveau style have their beginnings in the late Victorian era and gothic period.

Bed and breakfast small lodging establishment

A bed and breakfast is a small lodging establishment that offers overnight accommodation and breakfast. Bed and breakfasts are often private family homes and typically have between four and eleven rooms, with six being the average. In addition, a B&B usually has the hosts living in the house.

To view the falls, beginning at the intersection of on U.S. Highway 276, U.S. Highway 64, and NC Highway 280 in Brevard, travel east on US 64 for 3.5 miles. Turn right on Crab Creek Road and travel 1.5 miles. Turn right on Everett Road. Travel 2.8 miles to the driveway for the entrance to Key Falls Inn on the left. You can either turn at the gravel road before the entrance and drive 0.2 miles to the falls or you can turn into the Inn's driveway, park, and walk the short path to the falls.^[1]

U.S. Route 276 is a United States highway that runs for 106.4 miles (171.2 km) from Mauldin, South Carolina to Cove Creek, North Carolina. It is known both as a busy urban highway in Greenville, South Carolina and a scenic back-road in Western North Carolina.

U.S. Route 64 is an east–west United States highway that runs for 2,326 miles (3,743 km) from Nags Head in eastern North Carolina to just southwest of the Four Corners in northeast Arizona. The western terminus is at U.S. Route 160 in Teec Nos Pos, Arizona. The highway's eastern terminus is at NC 12 and U.S. Route 158 at Whalebone Junction, North Carolina.

North Carolina Highway 280 (NC 280) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina that runs from the city of Brevard in Transylvania County to the town of Fletcher in Henderson County. It is 18 miles (29 km) in length, starting at the intersection with US 64 and US 276 north of Brevard to US 25 and US 25A in the Asheville community of Arden.

Nearby falls

High Falls, on the Little River in Transylvania County, is a 125 ft waterfall located in the DuPont State Forest, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.

Hooker Falls is a 14-foot waterfall located in the DuPont State Forest, southeast of Brevard, North Carolina.

Bridal Veil Falls is a waterfall in the DuPont State Forest, on the Little River, near Brevard, North Carolina.

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References

↑ Adams, Kevin. North Carolina Waterfalls. pp 251-252.

External links

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[Adams_Book-1] Adams, Kevin. North Carolina Waterfalls. pp 251-252.