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Hooker Falls

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Visitors may park at the Hooker Falls parking area, and then hike the short Hooker Falls Trail for roughly 0.25 miles (0.40 km). There are 2 views of the falls, the first overlooking the falls from above, and a second view from across the plunge pool that lets you view the entire falls.
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Hooker Falls has been known for years to local residents and was named for Edmund Hooker, who operated a mill below the falls in the late 1800s. At the time, it was named Mill Shoals Falls. The Falls can be seen in movies like
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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.
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through the DuPont State Forest. It is one of 4 major waterfalls on the Little River in this area, the others being
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Waterfall in Transylvania County, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina
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persons. Contact the DuPont State Forest for more information.
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DuPont State Forest may also allow access to the falls to
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DuPont State Forest
Transylvania County
Blue Ridge Mountains
North Carolina
Coordinates
35°12′08″N 82°37′26″W / 35.202110°N 82.623752°W / 35.202110; -82.623752
Type
waterfall
DuPont State Forest
Brevard, North Carolina
Little River
High Falls
Triple Falls
Bridal Veil Falls
Last of the Mohicans
Hunger Games
handicapped
Triple Falls
High Falls
Bridal Veil Falls
Wintergreen Falls
Connestee Falls and Batson Creek Falls
Key Falls
Glen Cannon Falls
Turley Falls
North Carolina Waterfalls
Categories
Waterfalls of North Carolina
DuPont State Forest

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