Hooker Falls is a 14-foot (3 m) waterfall

Waterfall

A waterfall is a place where flowing water rapidly drops in elevation as it flows over a steep region or a cliff.-Formation:Waterfalls are commonly formed when a river is young. At these times the channel is often narrow and deep. When the river courses over resistant bedrock, erosion happens...

 located in the DuPont State Forest

DuPont State Forest

DuPont State Forest is a 10,000 acre tract, located in Henderson and Transylvania counties of North Carolina. The name originates from the fact that the DuPont company arranged the sale of the original tract to the state. Portions of the forest formerly contained a manufacturing facility for the...

, southeast of Brevard, North Carolina

Brevard, North Carolina

Brevard is a town in Transylvania County, North Carolina, United States. The 2005 population estimate by the United States Census Bureau was 6,643. It is the county seat of Transylvania County....

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Geology

Hooker Falls flows on the Little River through the DuPont State Forest. It is one of 4 major waterfalls on the Little River in this area, the others being High Falls

High Falls (DuPont State Forest)

High Falls, on the Little River in Transylvania County, is a 125 ft waterfall located in the DuPont State Forest, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.- Geology :...

, Triple Falls, and Bridal Veil Falls

Bridal Veil Falls (DuPont State Forest)

Bridal Veil Falls is a waterfall in the DuPont State Forest, on the Little River, near Brevard, North Carolina.-Geology:The waterfall begins as a slide which drops over a ledge approximately four feet high. The river then continues down a long, sloping, ever-steepening granite slope before plunging...

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History

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 was seen in the movie Last of the Mohicans

The Last of the Mohicans (1992 film)

The Last of the Mohicans is a 1992 historical epic film set in 1757 during the French and Indian War and produced by Morgan Creek Pictures. It was directed by Michael Mann and based on James Fenimore Cooper's novel of the same name, although it owes more to George B. Seitz's 1936 film adaptation...

as the falls the characters go over in canoes.

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.

Visiting Hooker Falls

Visitors may park at the Hooker Falls parking area, and then hike the short Hooker Falls Trail for roughly 1/4 mile. 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.

DuPont State Forest may also allow access to the falls to handicapped

Handicapped

Handicapped or handicap may refer to:*Handicapping, various methods of leveling a sport or game**Golf handicap, a sport-specific handicapping method**Go handicaps**Handicaps in shogi**Asian handicap, bookmakers technique to level odds...

 persons. Contact the DuPont State Forest for more information.

Nearby Falls

• Triple Falls
  Triple Falls (DuPont State Forest)
  Triple Falls is a 125-foot waterfall located in the DuPont State Forest, southeast of Brevard, North Carolina.-Geology:Triple Falls flows on the Little River through the DuPont State Forest in Transylvania County. It is one of 4 major waterfalls on the Little River in this area, the others being...
  
  
• High Falls
  High Falls (DuPont State Forest)
  High Falls, on the Little River in Transylvania County, is a 125 ft waterfall located in the DuPont State Forest, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.- Geology :...
  
  
• Bridal Veil Falls
  Bridal Veil Falls (DuPont State Forest)
  Bridal Veil Falls is a waterfall in the DuPont State Forest, on the Little River, near Brevard, North Carolina.-Geology:The waterfall begins as a slide which drops over a ledge approximately four feet high. The river then continues down a long, sloping, ever-steepening granite slope before plunging...
  
  
• Wintergreen Falls
• Connestee Falls
• Key Falls
  Key Falls
  Key Falls, on is a 50 ft waterfall located near Brevard, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.- Geology :Key Falls is a waterfall with a very small watershed located on an unnamed tributary of the French Broad River...
  
  
• Glen Cannon Falls
• Turley Falls