Camp Minnehaha Falls

Camp Minnehaha Falls is a waterfall in Henderson, North Carolina. Camp Minnehaha Falls is situated nearby to the hamlet Bat Cave, as well as near Shumont.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bluerock Mountain.

Bluerock Mountain

Peak

Bluerock Mountain is a mountain in Western North Carolina, near the community of Bat Cave. It is split between Henderson and Rutherford counties, it is home of the Bat Cave Preserve and part of Chimney Rock State Park. Bluerock Mountain is situated 2 miles south of Camp Minnehaha Falls.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bat Cave and Bearwallow.

Bat Cave

Hamlet

Photo: Washuotaku, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bat Cave is an unincorporated community in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States and is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area. Named after a bat cave located on Bluerock Mountain, it is the largest known augen gneiss granite fissure cave in North America and is a protected area, not open to the public.

Bearwallow

Hamlet

Bearwallow is an unincorporated community in Henderson County, North Carolina United States and is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bearwallow is situated 2 miles west of Camp Minnehaha Falls.

Chimney Rock

Village

Photo: Aeæ, GFDL.

Chimney Rock is a village in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 140 at the 2020 census. The village took its name from a large gneiss outcrop located on a summit above the village itself in Chimney Rock State Park. Chimney Rock is situated 2½ miles southeast of Camp Minnehaha Falls.

Camp Minnehaha Falls

Type: Waterfall
Category: body of water
Location: Henderson, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.46426° or 35° 27′ 51″ north

Longitude

-82.28494° or 82° 17′ 6″ west

Elevation

1,696 feet (517 metres)

Open location code

867VFP78+P2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 10655403286

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=waterfall

GeoNames ID

4458922

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hill Cemetery and Bat Cave Volunteer Fire Department.

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