 In some places, the water free-falls for a few feet or jumps off the rock face, but it is not possible to get behind the falls anywhere.High Falls has been known for years to local residents.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 as a part of the 10,000+ acre DuPont State Forest.