Triple Falls (DuPont State Forest)

Triple Falls
Triple Falls
	Triple Falls, Aug 2006
Location	DuPont State Forest, Transylvania County, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina
Coordinates	35°11′54″N82°37′01″W / 35.19839°N 82.61683°W Coordinates: 35°11′54″N82°37′01″W / 35.19839°N 82.61683°W
Type	Tiered, Cascade
Total height	125 ft (38 m)
Number of drops	3

Last updated March 22, 2019

Triple Falls is a 125-foot (38 m) waterfall located in the DuPont State Forest, southeast of Brevard, 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.

DuPont State Recreational Forest, commonly known as DuPont Forest, is a 10,473-acre (42.38 km²) state forest, located in Henderson and Transylvania counties of North Carolina. The name originates from the fact that the DuPont company arranged the sale of the original tract to the state. Adjacent tracts have since been purchased and added to the state forest. Portions of the forest formerly contained a manufacturing facility for the production of X-ray film. The forest was used to shoot scenes from the 1992 film The Last of the Mohicans as well as the 2012 box office hit The Hunger Games. On February 12, 2019, the forest added 402 acres (1.63 km²) from Conserving Carolina, part of a section called the Continental Divide Tract that connects with other public lands. 314 more acres will be added to the forest by the end of 2019.

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Geology

Triple Falls flows on the Little River through the DuPont State Forest in Transylvania County. It is one of 4 major waterfalls on the Little River in this area, the others being High Falls, Hooker Falls, and Bridal Veil Falls. Triple Falls has 3 distinct, different types of waterfalls.

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.

History

Triple Falls has been known for years to local residents. In the 1990s, DuPont Forest was sold to the State of North Carolina, and as DuPont has completed cleanup of various areas, those areas have been made open to the public. A photograph of Triple Falls was one of the tools used to convince the state to purchase the property, which is now a 10,000-acre (40 km²) state forest.

A photograph is an image created by light falling on a photosensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic image sensor, such as a CCD or a CMOS chip. Most photographs are created using a camera, which uses a lens to focus the scene's visible wavelengths of light into a reproduction of what the human eye would see. The process and practice of creating such images is called photography. The word photograph was coined in 1839 by Sir John Herschel and is based on the Greek φῶς (phos), meaning "light," and γραφή (graphê), meaning "drawing, writing," together meaning "drawing with light."

Visiting Triple Falls

Visitors may park at the Hooker Falls parking area, and then hike the Triple Falls / High Falls Trail for roughly 1/2 mile. There are 2 views of the falls, one of the base, where you can only see the bottom falls, and a second upper overlook that lets you view the entire falls.

DuPont State Forest may also allow access to the falls by vehicle to handicapped persons. Contact the DuPont State Forest for more information.

As with all waterfalls, visitors are strongly discouraged from climbing the rocks near the falls. There have been many deaths at Triple Falls.^[1]

Nearby falls

Connestee Falls and Batson Creek Falls waterfall

Connestee Falls and Batson Creek Falls are two waterfalls in Western North Carolina, located near Brevard.

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

In popular culture

The waterfall was also featured in a scene in the movies The Last of the Mohicans and The Hunger Games .

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References

↑ Man Dies At Triple Falls - accessed August 8, 2007

External links

North Carolina Waterfalls Dupont State Forest Page

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[Deaths-1] Man Dies At Triple Falls - accessed August 8, 2007