Dawson Forest (3 falls)

5/29/2011 - didn't feel like hiking, the weather got hot and muggy.  So I drove up into the Dawson Forest area - around and about Burnt Mountain, Sassafras Mountain and Oglethorpe Moutain.  I just drove around on the roads, some of which WERE marked "property owners only" but I figure if they didn't want others driving on their road they would gate them! 

I didn't find as many falls as I'd hoped, but I did get distant views of a couple, and a good view of a small one.  The small one is at the end of a very short driveway/old road (not sure which) that ends abrutly at a drop-off into the creek, but it looks like it's possible to get down and cross the creek to what looks like a trail that goes back upstream.  One day I'll go back and try that, because it's the same creek as the one with the falls I've called #2 and I might be able to get better pictures.

Since the roads actually ARE labeled private, I won't give exact directions but the three falls I got were all on roads that are to your left, and before the pavement ends, as you drive down Monument Rd, which turns off of Hwy 136.  I found them by driving with my windows open and listening for falls.

Creek name (or no name) shown below are from GMAPS

GPS: 34°31'30"N 84°18'39"W (creek not shown on GMAPS)
GPS: 34°31'39"N 84°18'28"W (creek not shown on GMAPS, flow into Huckleberry Branch)
GPS: 34°31'41"N 84°18'27"W (Huckleberry Branch)