Sunburst Falls - West Fork Pigeon River - Pisgah National Forest

Sunburst Falls is the unofficial name for a series of falls and cascades on the West Fork Pigeon River above river mile 15. North Carolina highway 215 spans the falls with a high arch bridge faced in rock. The falls is 4.3 miles north of the Blue Ridge Parkway at Beech Gap and 13.7 miles south of the NC 215 and US 276 junction. A very small gravel pullout is located just north of the bridge on the west side of the road. I stopped to view the falls above the road in July 2017.

Unnoticeable from the small pullout

Upper tier

Middle basins

Lower flume heads under the bridge

Birdstand Mountain (5280' 1.6 miles)

Entry to Pisgah National Forest is free.

The forest website is https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/nfsnc/recarea/?recid=48114.