Photograph of North Carolina Waterfalls by Kevin Adams

Kipp G White: Great book to help you explore the awesome waterfalls in NC.

United States on Aug 13, 2023

Keith in TX: Nice book with the perfect amount of detail.

United States on Jun 25, 2023

David, UK photographer: This book combines an encyclopaedic listing and description of the waterfalls of North Carolina with coffee-table quality in printing and photography. In my experience, that's unique. The book is printed in a large format on glossy paper and there are excellent photographs of 400 waterfalls, with several hundred minor ones described. This is the pinnacle of waterfall guides.

United Kingdom on Jun 23, 2020

R and P: This book is jam packed with information about waterfalls in North Carolina. Has many waterfall that I did not even know existed. And I am an avid hiker. The navigation of the book is nice becuase you at a map to find the section of North Carolina you are looking for a waterfall. He rates them on beauty and photographability. If that’s a word. It has pictures of the waterfalls that might be worth making a special effort to go look at. It is a great book to keep up with all the falls that you have been to. And also all the falls you want to go to. I pinpointed my location on the map and used a string to find which ones were nearest so I could start close and explore. Worth having in your library. He also references some other sources of info.

United States on Sep 13, 2018

Rosakins: I bought this to take on a week long trip to NC. The pictures are beautiful, the directions I used were accurate, and I can see how this book would be of value to someone who spends a lot of time in NC. As it turned out, it wasn't the best choice for my recent trip, but that's no reason to reduce the rating. I can, however, see using this on a future trip. Here's why it wasn't the best choice for me this time. First, I wasn't familiar with the area, so the organization of the book was not helpful without an actual map. (I should have bought the map by Kevin Adams that goes with this.) Second, I'm not so enthusiastic (or fit) to go bush-whacking to see a waterfall or anything else, so perhaps an index of falls with difficulty levels would be helpful as an appendix. (Perhaps this was also part of the map I didn't buy.) Third, my plan was to hike with my dog to waterfalls, but I wasn't staying in the area where there were any waterfalls close by, so I could only use this for a few waterfalls, and those were ones listed on most websites. Now that I have the book, I will be able to plan my next NC visit to take in more of the lovely falls.

United States on Jul 17, 2017

SweetStar687: I had the previous version of this book and love this updated 3rd edition so much more. The full color pics are wonderful, but even better are the GPS coordinates to every trailhead and waterfall, which is exactly what I was missing with the 2nd edition. It's extremely thorough in describing the hikes, which I find very helpful since I hike with my dog and need to know if the conditions require climbing or other things he can't do. The organization of the book by region is great with maps in each chapter to show the proximity of the waterfalls to each other; great for planning your route. I love that he rates the beauty of each waterfall, and although subjective, he gives some reasoning for his ratings to help you decide if that hike is worth it. I refer to this book before every hike and highly recommend it to any waterfall enthusiast in NC!

United States on Mar 12, 2017