Mooney Falls Franklin North Carolina

Head west on Hwy 64 up over the pass toward Hayesville to West Old Murphy Road a left turn towards Standing Indian campground. It's a beautiful 7.1 mile drive through the Nantahala forest to a pull out on the right at the trail head for Big Laurel Falls. Proceed another .6 miles to the Moody falls sign and turnout.

Just FYI: At 1.8 miles you will see the entrance to Standing Indian Campground on your right. At 2.4 miles the road turns from paved to gravel.

From Hayesville, North Carolina

Head east on Hwy 64 20.7 miles up the pass toward Franklin to West Old Murphy Road a left turn towards Standing Indian campground. It's a beautiful 7.1 mile drive through the Nantahala forest to a pull out on the right at the trail head for Big Laurel Falls. Proceed another .6 miles to the Moody falls sign and turnout.

Mooney Falls

Mooney falls

great family outing

upper falls

Upper Falls

In a beautiful part of the Nantahala National Forest near Standing Indian Campground. A .6 mile drive up the road from Laural Falls you'll hear this waterfall before the turn out. The trail here is less than 1/4 mile both ways and really easy, making this a walk for most anyone. With multible switchbacks making the gentle decent, the trail splits about half way to the falls allowing you to go above the main chute or below. The left trail takes you above the main falls but allows you to see a mulitible cascade of small drops. The right trail takes you to the base. Lots of storm damage has placed many logs in this falls and has damage the folage along the walk, but the easy walk makes it worth including this one on your list.