Clay Creek Falls (2 falls)

5/5/2013 - took advantage of a lull in the rain to go up Dahlonega way and get these falls and Cane Creek Falls

3/19/2011 - went to the Trailfest event in Dahlonega, GA today.  This was their first since they've been designated an "AT Trail Town" and I didn't expect it to be very big, and it wasn't.  So had some time to do some waterfalls in the area.

I thought I had already added this one, but I guess not!  So I'm glad I had time to go back and get good pictures.  I also found a small falls on a side branch that goes under the road and into Clay Creek a short way below the falls.

This one is on private property, but is right beside the road.  Where you would naturally want to stand to get a good picture is fenced off with barbed wire, so it's difficult to get a good picture without trees in the way.

I couldn't take the video from the same place as the still photo...that spot is only good when the leaves have fallen.  The video was taken from directly across the road from the side falls.  It's amazing what a difference 3 consecutive days of rain makes in a waterfall!

Directions and Information: from Dahlonega, GA

• west on GA 52/GA 9
• north on Clay Creek Falls Rd
• falls is visible as road swings left
• parking is available past gate at top of falls

Note: this falls is on posted private property and is fenced below the road with barbed wire, which is not easy to see in some places.  Stick to the road and you won't be trespassing.  The smaller side falls is on the opposite side of the road just as it swings left and is a small branch that goes under the road and into Clay Creek.

Cane Creek Falls

Cane Creek Falls is on the grounds of Camp Glisson - a Methodist retreat. There is no fee, but you do have to sign in at the visitors center so they will open the gate for you, and the camp will be closed to visitors if camp is in session.

5/5/2013 - took advantage of a lull in the rain to make a quick trip to Dahlonega to vidwo a couple of waterfalls that are easy to get to.  Got this one and Clay Creek Falls as well.

10/28/2011 - went back to Camp Glisson to get the GPS points for this falls. Took more pictures. On this day the only thing open to the public was the falls. At the Visitors Center I was told everything else was closed.

4/10/2011 - My trip was funny. As you drive in, there is a sign pointing to the falls and you go down a short, but winding drive. I got to the bottom, and saw a parking area but NO falls. Darn! So I drove through the parking and out on a road on the other side, but when I started getting into a cabin area I decided I must have missed a turn or something. So I turned around and drove back to the parking and there before me were the falls! It is BEHIND you as you come
down the drive.
GPS: 34°33'19"N 84°0'32"W

Compare the video to the photo.  It's amazing what 3 days of continuous rain can do to a waterfall!

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Directions and Information: can be found at http://www.campglisson.org/ - directions are on the Contact Us page

• north on US 19 bypass
• left on Camp Wahsega Rd
• right on Camp Glisson Rd
• Camp Glisson is at the end of this road
• road down to falls is past gate, on the right & is marked by a big sign
• parking is on the left, falls is on the right - at the bottom of the short road

Note: stop at the Visitors Center to sign in and have them open the gate. If the Camp is closed there will be a sign at the entrance

Bean Creek Falls

4/22/2013 - took advantage of having the day off to make a quick trip to get a video of this falls.  Lots of water this time...we've had quite a bit of rain lately!

5/30/2011 - went back to Bean Creek Falls again to get the GPS reading, and of course while I was there I took some photos too!

1/30/2011 -  Bean Creek Falls - went back to get a better picture, since I was in the area for another falls anyway.

8/22/2010 - easily accessed from Unicoi State Park. To make a correction to Mr. Anthony's directions, coming from the direction he advises, the falls are on the left - not on the right. I drove past them several times before I realized I was looking on the wrong side of the road.

GPS: 34°42'49"N 83°41'39"W

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Directions and Information: from Cleveland, Ga

• east on GA 75 - towards Helen, GA
• right on GA 17
• left on GA 255
• left on Bean Creek Rd
• falls are 2.3 miles on left (Mr Anthony says right, but this is not correct)

Note: this falls is, essentially, in the "ditch" on the left side of the road. When I was last there, there was a driveway across the creek above the falls and a sign that the property was for sale. The sign, if it's still there, mentions the falls

or from Unicoi State Park

• east through Unicoi State Park
• right on Bean Creek Rd

Note: I don't know exactly how far down the road the falls is, you just have to watch carefully. Going in this direction the falls is on the right.

Wildcat Creek Rd (25 falls)

4/13/2013 - Wildcat Rd has been closed for 2 years, because of the tornados in 2011.  A couple/three weeks ago I was in the are and checked and the road was finally open again.  So I went up today to get videos.  There has been a lot of rain and the falls were just gorgeous, with lots of water coming over.  I didn't get all the falls...didn't find out until I got there that the battery on my camera was really low, but I did get as far as the waterslide falls.

5/1/2012 - a week after my previous post this area was hit hard by a tornado - Apr 28, 2011 actually.  Wildcat Rd. has been closed since then with no indication when it will be reopened.  I drove down it and it's closed just past the last private property access.

Creek names below are all from GMAPS

4/2/2011 - BIG update on Wildcat Road!  I went back to get new pictures and to drive with my windows open (FS 44 taught me to do that!) and I got 21 (!) falls I had missed before.  Very exciting!  Because I got so many new ones, I'm redoing this completely, and pushing the previous info to the very bottom.

7/31/2010 Drove up the gravel road that runs alongside Wildcat creek, which is not too far from Moccasin Creek State Park.  There are quite a few falls and cascades on this creek, some of which - but not all - are on Mr. Anthony's site.  My pictures got mixed up, so may not be in the correct order - but I plan to go back on a good day and redo them all to get them in order, and to get better pictures.

I'm pretty sure I missed some falls on 4/1/2013 - so I'm rearranging things until I can get back up there and try to get them all again!  I've put all the GPS coordinates and mileages at the bottom of the page until I can re-check them.

The first 3 photos are of some of the damage done during the tornadoes in 2011.  These were taken right at the beginning of the road, just after the end of the paved part.

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 These got all out of order...I'll go back soon and redo all the photos and make sure I get them in order!

The first 4 falls are very close together, starting at .9 mi and from there to about 1 mi.
GPS: 34°50'0"N 83°35'53"W (Wildcat Creek)
GPS: 34°50'0"N 83°35'53"W (Wildcat Creek)
GPS: 34°50'4"N 83°36'3"W (Wildcat Creek)
At 1.7 mi there are 3 falls that are close together in the next 1/10 mi
GPS: 34°50'5"N 83°36'6"W (Wildcat Creek)
GPS: 34°50'5"N 83°36'7"W (Wildcat Creek)
GPS: 34°50'6"N 83°36'12"W (Wildcat Creek)
At 1.8 mi is another falls
GPS: 34°50'6"N 83°36'15"W (Wildcat Creek)
At 1.9 mi there are 2 falls close together

GPS: 34°50'9"N 83°36'16"W (Wildcat Creek)
GPS: 34°50'4"N 83°36'18"W (Wildcat Creek)

At 2.0 mi there is a double falls divided by a shelf of rock (an eroded area in the road verge leads down to the shelf), and above that a short way is a popular waterslide falls that kids like to play on.

GPS: 34°50'6"N 83°36'20"W (Wildcat Creek)
GPS: 34°50'7"N 83°36'21"W (Wildcat Creek)
GPS: 34°50'1"N 83°36'21"W (Wildcat Creek)
At 2.2 mi is the first bridge on Wildcat Rd.  It crosses a side creek and upstream of the bridge is a falls
GPS: 34°50'4"N 83°36'45"W (Wildcat Creek)
Note: from this bridge to the next bridge at it sounds like there might be several falls, but the road is too high above the creek and the rhododendrons are too thick to see anything.  And the valley is too steep to climb down without climbing equipment!

At 3.6 miles there are, again, 3 falls fairly close together in the next 1/10 mi

GPS: 34°50'4"N 83°36'58"W (Wildcat Creek)
GPS: 34°49'37"N 83°36'59"W (Wildcat Creek)
GPS: 34°49'37"N 83°37'1"W (Wildcat Creek)
At 3.7 mi there is a small falls, with a long sliding shoals just below it
GPS: 34°49'35"N 83°37'5"W (Wildcat Creek)
At 3.8 mi there is another long, curved falls
GPS: 34°49'38"N 83°37'10"W (Wildcat Creek)
At 4.3 mi the road begins a steady uphill and there is an more open area between the road and the creek.  There are at least 4 falls coming down at this point.  To see the lower falls, you need to bushwhack across this open area to the creek.  To see the next 2, stop about halfway up the hill.  To see the top falls, there is a small parking area at the top and you can get down to the creek there.

GPS:34°49'41"N 83°37'26"W (Wildcat Creek)
GPS: 34°49'42"N 83°37'28"W (Wildcat Creek)
GPS: 34°49'44"N 83°37'33"W (Wildcat Creek)
GPS: 34°49'46"N 83°37'32"W (Wildcat Creek)
GPS: 34°49'47"N 83°37'33"W (Wildcat Creek)

At 6.1 mi there is another falls, might actually be a long one...but all you can see are glimpses of the moving water - so no picture, but it's there!  Part of it appears to be in a slot, but it's hard to get a good look at it.
GPS: 34°50'44"N 83°37'44"W (Jessie Branch)

At 7.3 mi there is a falls that might be long, but all that could be photographed was the small falls at the top.

GPS: 34°51'25"N 83°38'6"W (Mandy Branch)
At 8.3 mi another long falls, but could only get a photo - again - of the small falls at the top
GPS: 34°51'38"N 83°38'51"W (South Fork Moccasin Creek)

I would say that there are probably something like 30 or more waterfalls along this creek, but you just can't see them all.

Directions and Information: from Clarkesville, Ga

• north on GA 197
• left on West Wildcat Road

Note: there are many small falls and shoals along this creek.  Continue towards campground 2 (CG 2) and as you get close and ascend a steepish hill watch for a fairly open area to the right.  There is a falls with several cascades here.  At the top there is a wide area where you can park and get out on top of the falls.  Upstream is another small falls.  You can bushwhack downhill through the open area and get to the creek to view the other cascades.

Soque River shoals (2 falls)

This is in the 18 Waterfalls in One Day - hike and drive, see the link on the right

4/13/2013 - Since I went righ past this falls on my way to Wildcat Creek, near Lake Burton, I stopped and got a better video of the shoals on the river.

7/9/2011 - took some TrailDames on my waterfall "Hike'n Drive" that included these falls.  I found on the previous trip that there is actually a falls INSIDE the pottery here!  So I finally got a picture.  It's not very good, I'm still learning my new camera - but it gives a good idea of what you see when you're there.

Strictly speaking these aren't a true falls...but they're close!  The shoals are behind Mark of the Potter, on hwy GA 197 north http://www.markofthepotter.com/  I kept passing these on the way to other falls at points north and finally stopped and got some pictures.
GPS: 34°43'44"N 83°35'19"W

  

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Directions and Information: from US23/US441/GA 365

• go north on GA 197 through Clarkesville, GA
• pottery is on the right before you get to GA 255
• shoals is visible from the road, behind the pottery
• there is parking available
• the falls inside is on the lower level of the pottery