FOR THRILLS, CHILLS

BREVARD, N.C. » Some are big. Some are small. Some are wide. Some are narrow. Some crash down. Some are a slow trickle. And some, you can slide right down.

There are at least 250 waterfalls in Transylvania County, North Carolina, located about halfway between Asheville, North Carolina, and Greenville, South Carolina. Known as the “Land of Waterfalls,” the region has the biggest concentration of waterfalls on the East Coast, according to the local tourism board. The cascades are particularly dramatic now after record-setting rainfall this spring. Unique features include a temperate rainforest in Gorges State Park, where more than 80 inches (200 centimeters) of rain fall annually.

“This is a land of all kinds of superlatives,” says Nathan Jordan, a spokesman for the Transylvania County Tourism and Development Authority.

With lots of state and national parks in the area, visitors have easy access to other outdoor adventures too, including biking trails and fly fishing.

Travelers who do go chasing waterfalls this summer could challenge themselves to hunt down as many as they can, bucket-list style, or they could make a leisurely jaunt to one or two.

There’s no wrong reason to visit a waterfall.

GO FOR THE INSTAGRAM SHOT

Those who want the best #nofilter photos for the least amount of hiking can easily pop into the Pisgah National Forest and take selfies in front of the 60-foot (18-meter) Looking Glass Falls.

Five miles past the forest’s main entrance, this beast of a waterfall can be viewed within steps of the main road, U.S. 276. A staircase meets the road near the top of the gushing falls. You can park your car and take in the breathtaking view from up there or walk down to get a closer look or even swim.

Movie buffs can pose as Katniss Everdeen, from “The Hunger Games,” at Triple Falls and Bridal Veil Falls, in the DuPont State Forest, near where some scenes from the movie were filmed. At Hooker Falls, in the same forest, see the wide, 13-foot (4-meter) falls where Hawkeye’s canoe plunged in “The Last of the Mohicans” as he fled Magua’s men.

GO TO GET WET

Swimming is permitted at many of the waterfalls in Transylvania County. At Hooker Falls, water from the Little River pours over the ledge to create a large and popular swimming hole with var-

HILLARY SPEED VIA AP This photo shows Hooker Falls, located in the DuPont State Recreational Forest between Brevard and Hendersonville, N.C. Known as “The Land of the Waterfalls,” Transylvania County boasts more than 250 waterfalls that attract visitors every year.

HILLARY SPEED VIA AP This photo shows two people riding down Sliding Rock, a natural waterslide located in the Pisgah National Forest, between Brevard, N.C., and the Blue Ridge Parkway. Known as “The Land of the Waterfalls,” Transylvania County boasts more than 250...