| Dry Falls | |
| Location: | Nantahala National Forest, Macon County, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina |
| Type: | Plunge |
| Height: | 65feet (Adams Book),[1] 801NaN1 (NCWaterfalls)[2] |
| Number Drops: | 1 |
| Coords: | 35.0681°N -83.2391°W |
Dry Falls, also known as Upper Cullasaja Falls, is a 65feet waterfall located in the Nantahala National Forest, northwest of Highlands, North Carolina.
Dry Falls flows on the Cullasaja River through the Nantahala National Forest. It is part of a series of waterfalls on an 8.7mile stretch of the river that eventually ends with Cullasaja Falls. Dry Falls flows over an overhanging bluff. The rock shelter behind the fall remains dry when the water flow is low.
The falls has been called Dry Falls for a long time, but has also gone by a few other names, including High Falls, Pitcher Falls, and Cullasaja Falls.[3] It received its name because the rock shelter behind the falling water remains dry in periods of low flow.