| Waterloo | community in S Union County near the present Prospect School between the head of Cane Creek and Polecat Creek. |
| Waterloo Branch | rises in S Macon County and flows SE into Little Tennessee River. |
| Watermelon Branch | rises in N central Madison County and flows NE into Big Laurel Creek. |
| Wateroak Creek | rises in SE Clay County and flows SE into Tallulah River. |
| Wateroak Gap | SE Clay County between Chunky Gal and Yellow Mountains. |
| Waterrock Knob | on the Haywood-Jackson county line. Alt. 6,292. Named Amos Plott Balsam in 1858 by Arnold Guyot for a pioneer settler at its base. Wood cutters and loggers knew it as Waterrock Knob because there was a good spring running out over a smooth rock near its top. Also spelled Water Rock Knob. |
| Waters | community in N Burke County. |
| Watershed Mountain | central Madison County between Walnut and Hunter Creeks. Alt. approx. 3,100. |
| Watershed Ridge | N Buncombe County between North Knob and Wildcat Mountain. |
| Waterville | community in N Haywood County on Big Creek. Alt. 1,440. Named for the lake and dam built there in 1929. See Waterville Lake. |