{{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox waterfall | photo = Cullasaja.jpg | photo_caption = Cullasaja Falls in the fall | name = Cullasaja Falls | location = Macon County, North Carolina | type = Cascade | height = {{Convert|200|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} - Disputed (see Geology Section) | drop = | numberofdrops = | flow = | coords = {{coord|35.116397|-83.269527}} }}
'''Cullasaja Falls''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|k|uː|l|ə|ˈ|s|eɪ|dʒ|ə}})<ref name="North Carolina Collection">[http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/ref/resources/tlth.html Talk Like A Tarheel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622041633/http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/ref/resources/tlth.html |date=2013-06-22 }}, from the North Carolina Collection's website at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2013-02-08.</ref> is a waterfall in southwestern North Carolina. The waterfall is located on the Cullasaja River in the Nantahala National Forest and is part of the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway. ''Cullasaja'' comes from a Cherokee word meaning "honey locust place".
==Geology== The falls is the last major waterfall on the Cullasaja River.<ref name="Kevin Adams Book">{{cite book|first=Kevin |last=Adams|title=North Carolina Waterfalls|page= 470|year=2005|isbn=0-89587-320-6|publisher=John F. Blair}}</ref> The falls is a long cascade over the course of 0.2 miles (.3 km).
The height of the falls is given as 200 ft (61 m) in Kevin Adams' book, ''North Carolina Waterfalls''<ref name="Kevin Adams Book"/> and 250 ft (77.1 m) by NCWaterfalls.com.<ref name="NC Waterfalls Height">[http://www.ncwaterfalls.com/cull1.htm NCWaterfalls.com]</ref>
==Visiting the falls== It is easy to catch a glimpse of the falls while driving by; however, getting a better view of the falls is not easy. The falls are located beside of a series of blind curves on U.S. 64, with sheer rock cliffs above and below the road. There is only one small pull-off near the falls, but walking on the road puts visitors in danger of being hit by a passing vehicle.
==Activities== Though difficult to reach, some use the falls as a place for leisure activities such as swimming (in the pool below) or rappelling.
thumb|none|350px|Cullasaja Falls during a period of very high flow
==Nearby falls== *Quarry Falls *Dry Falls *Bridal Veil Falls
==See also== * List of waterfalls * List of waterfalls in North Carolina
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==External links== *[http://www.ncwaterfalls.com/cull1.htm North Carolina Waterfalls] *{{cite web |url=http://www.cs.unca.edu/nfsnc/recreation/wncwaterfalls/cullasajafalls.htm |title=Cullasaja Falls |publisher=National Forests in North Carolina |access-date=2006-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061207033258/http://www.cs.unca.edu/nfsnc/recreation/wncwaterfalls/cullasajafalls.htm |archive-date=2006-12-07 |url-status=dead }} *{{cite web |url=http://www.ncwiseowl.org/CarolinaClips/caroclips/wfalls/cullasajafalls.html |title=Cullasaja Falls |work=Carolina Clips |access-date=2010-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101026045708/http://www.ncwiseowl.org/CarolinaClips/caroclips/wfalls/cullasajafalls.html |archive-date=2010-10-26 |url-status=usurped }} *[http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=35.1167&lon=-83.2703&datum=nad27&u=4&layer=DRG&size=l&s=25 TopoQuest map of Cullasaja Falls]
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Category:Waterfalls of North Carolina Category:Protected areas of Macon County, North Carolina Category:Nantahala National Forest Category:Waterfalls of Macon County, North Carolina