Are you planning a trip to see some waterfalls? Want to find some wildflowers nearby those waterfalls? The library can help!
We have several guidebooks to waterfall hikes in North Carolina and the surrounding areas. You read that right, these guidebooks are to WATERFALL hikes. Not boring hikes where you just look at trees, or mountains, or gorges. Waterfalls are where it’s at.*
A great guide of all the waterfall hikes in NC. Just look up the town you’re going to and it has the waterfalls, directions, pictures, and maps you’ll need. It even has a beauty rating for each waterfall so you know which ones are worth the hike. Because, let’s be honest, not all of them are.
The Library has a copy of this guidebook in print at the Main Campus Library.
Indian Creek Falls 
Tom’s Branch Falls
This book has fewer hiking related details, but it does list all the wildflowers to look for in each season for each waterfall. Thanks to this book I was able to identify these flowers I found on the Deep Creek Trail last weekend. The library has this guidebook in print at the Main Campus Library and as an ebook through NC Live’s Homegrown Ebook Collection.
Dwarf Cinquefoil 
Giant Chickweed 
Wild strawberry 
Foamflower 
Showy Orchis 
Robin’s Plantain 
Dwarf Crested Iris
Go chase those waterfalls! And wildflowers!
*This is the opinion of Courtney and not representative of library staff thoughts on the matter.
