Soco Falls - Roadside Hike - Maggie Valley - Cherokee - North Carolina
Things to do in Maggie Valley and Cherokee, North Carolina. This is roadside pullover that will cater to adventurous and non-adventurous alike. There is a deck to view the falls, or you can trek all the way down, it is your choice.
If you are coming from Maggie Valley, or the Blue Ridge Parkway there is a dangerous blind curve that you will have to navigate. It is best to continue and then turn around a mile or so on the other side and then come in to turn right off of the road. This place can get pretty busy at times and there is very little parking.
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Soco Falls, Maggie Valley, NC
See Soco Falls, located between Maggie Valley and Cherokee, North Carolina. This beautiful waterfall near the Great Smoky Mountains and located on the Cherokee Reservation. It's a short walk from U.S. Highway 19. See a complete guide with photos and map at
SOCO Falls Maggie Valley North Carolina
If you find yourself in the coming off the Blue Ridge Parkway in Maggie Valley North Carolina. You might take a moment to head towards the Indian Reservation and stop along the way a grand waterfall not to far off the main hwy.
Soco Falls, near Maggie Valley NC - October 2018
We take you on a walk down to the viewing platform for Soco Falls, then down to the base of the walls, where we captured some HD video of the beautiful Soco Falls. See our guide for more information:
Soco Falls -Hwy 19- Qualla Indian Reservation near Maggie Valley, NC
Double falls from two separate tributaries. Easy walk from gravel parking area on Hwy 19 near Maggie Valley, NC
Probably no more than 300 to 500 Ft to viewing platform but to view both falls you need to hike to the bottom which is narrow and steep with ropes along the way to help. Really not that bad, well worth it.
Soco Falls - Maggie Valley, NC
Soco Falls, Maggie Valley, NC
Soco Falls Maggie Valley NC
Beautiful morning in soco falls on the way to Waynesville thru maggie valley
Maggie Valley, North Carolina winter storm of 2018, Soco Rd
This video shows Soco Rd in both directions after the 2018 snow storm. Enjoy and please Subscribe.
Soco Falls North Carolina
Join us as we explore Soco Falls in Cherokee North Carolina. These falls are not in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park but are one of the best.
Maggie Valley (Haywood County, NC 1993)
Haywood County, North Carolina has long been known for its dancing. This was the home of Sam Queen’s Soco Gap Square Dancers, who were invited, in 1939, to perform for the king and queen of England at the Roosevelt White House. In 1993, former members of Queen’s dance team, including Richard Queen (Sam Queen’s son), John Reeves and Robert Howell (Sam Queen’s nephews), and Catherine McCrary, joined with other Haywood County dancers at a community center in Maggie Valley to demonstrate their steps and styles for the camera. By this time, steps from the Charleston (1920s) and clogging (1950s) had been incorporated into the local tradition alongside the older style of buckdancing. Each dancer performs solo, and then of the eight dancers form a set to demonstrate a few of the mountain square dance figures, called by Robert “Chief” Howell.
John Reeves (1918-1995) of Lake Junaluska recalled going to his first square dance at age fourteen. He learned to dance from his uncle Sam Queen, and before long he was performing with Queen’s Soco Gap Square Dancers. Reeves referred to his style of dancing, in which he stays up on his toes, as the “Buck and Wing,” and he had names for many of his steps: “The Walk,” “The Running Walk,” “The Broken Wing,” “Wring the Chicken’s Neck,” “Dust the Pigeon Toe,” “The Shuffle,” “The Double Shuffle,” and “The Backstep.” Reeve’s dancing can also be seen in Mike Seeger’s 1987 documentary film, Talking Feet, online at:
Catherine McCrary (1923-2006), Maggie Valley
Troy D. Cutshaw (1916-2000), Waynesville
Pearl Owen (1920-2004), Waynesville
Dallas Mathis (1917-2003), Maggie Valley
Alaska Pressley (b. 1923), Maggie Valley
J. Claude Caldwell (b. 1931)
Hattie Caldwell Davis (b. 1927), Maggie Valley
Gene Ferguson (b. 1935), Waynesville
Marlene Blalock (b. 1935), Maggie Valley
Richard Queen (1918–2004), Maggie Valley
Lois Pryor Queen (1922-2008), Maggie Valley
Robert “Chief” Howell (1912-2010), Maggie Valley.
Howell was also filmed dancing at his home at Jonathon Creek.
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Music: Liz Shaw (fiddle), Lynn Shaw (fiddle and guitar), Trevor Stuart (fiddle and guitar), Travis Stuart (banjo and bass)
Recorded: Maggie Valley, NC (May 7, 1993)
For more about this Folklife Documentary Project, see “WNC Buckdancers, Flatfooters, and Charleston Dancers (1993)” at:
Additional video with more dancing is available at the Southern Folklife Collection at the University of North Carolina. See:
This project was made possible by sabbatical funding from Warren Wilson College.
Driving Through Maggie Valley, North Carolina
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I love Maggie Valley!
Filmed on May 19, 2017
Cherokee, North Carolina's Waterfalls featuring hiking to Soco Falls
Cherokee is a place of wonder. Some of the things that happen there simply defy scientific explanation. Which is one of the millions of reasons a vacation there is so much fun. In this commercial, a group of hikers attempt to find a hidden doorway to the underworld. This spot was created on behalf of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to promote their travel and tourism division. This is one in a series touting the amazing outdoor adventures Cherokee offers. This tourism destination offers hundreds of interesting ways to interact with Cherokee's 11,000 year old culture.
Soco Falls Great Smoky Mountains
Soco Falls on Soco Creek in the Great Smoky Mountains on the Cherokee Nation filmed last September. Time to think of spring and get in the mood for outdoor activities! Green vegetation and warmer weather is just around the corner. Going to the bottom of this falls or trying to climb to the top is extremely dangerous. Several people are killed each year on North Carolina waterfalls including this waterfall.
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Mingo Falls - Short Hike - Cherokee - North Carolina
When your in Cherokee or Maggie Valley, North Carolina visting these waterfalls is something to do. Finding them is sometimes not easy, but with some research they can be found. This one has a few steps to climb, but is relatively an easy hike. There is plenty of viewing to be had once at the bottom of the falls, and it appears there may be some alternate trails that are not clearly marked.
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Soco Falls NC - In the Snow
Visit Soco Falls with us after a big snow blankets the twin waterfall - located near Cherokee, North Carolina. Info:
Soco Falls. N.C
Soco Falls is a double waterfall located on the Cherokee Nation close to the Blue Ridge Parkway. It's easily accessible from Highway 19. A five minute walk down a maintained trail leads to a viewing platform.
To the left of the viewing platform there's a steep trail leading down to the top of the smaller fall and on down to the creek below the falls. This trail is not maintained and is very slippery. It is not recommended that you proceed down this trail. Do not enter the creek above the falls. Tragically several people have fallen to their death at North Carolina waterfalls.