title: Upper Cascades (Hanging Rock)
text: # Upper Cascades (Hanging Rock)
  
  Upper Cascades is a waterfall in North Central North Carolina, located in Hanging Rock State Park, in Stokes County.
  
  ## Geology
  
  The waterway is Cascades Creek, which flows through Hanging Rock State Park. The falls flow over a steep cascade before continuing down Cascades Creek to Lower Cascades.
  
  ## Visiting the Falls
  
  The falls are open to the public and are accessible from the visitor center at Hanging Rock State Park. Visitors may take a 0.3-mile (.5 km) trail to the falls. There is a wooden observation deck with a view of the falls, as well as wooden steps which lead to the base of the falls.
  
  ## Nearby Falls
  
  Hanging Rock State Park hosts 4 other waterfalls:
  
  * Tory's Falls
  * Lower Cascades
  * Window Falls
  * Hidden Falls
  