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Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Magic Mist Falls (Palmer Crk-Dawsonville)

7/4/2012 - A TrailDame (Thanks again Katie!) took my sister and I to this falls.  It's quite close to downtown Dawsonville, GA.  The hike in was on an old dirt road.  Not too bad at the beginning, but then it takes a right-angle turn to the left and is very washed out and rough, but passable with care.  Turned out there's another trail to this falls, but I forgot to take a GPS coordinate where it meets the old road, and unfortunately it's not easy to see - but it's where there's a place on the left where it's faintly obvious that people have walked into the woods.  I didn't hike this trail, but my sister did and she said it's a bit steep, but in better shape than the road after the turn.

Honestly, since this is essentially a valley waterfall...it turned out to be much bigger and more complex than I expected!  Well worth the hike in.

According to GMAPS this falls is on Palmer Creek

GPS: 34.41909° -84.09851°


Directions and Information: from Ga 400 highway
  • from GA 400 - take GA 53 west towards Dawsonville
  • bear right on Perimeter Rd
  • at the junction of Perimter Rd and Allen St - stop and park at old road across from Allen St
  • Hike approximately 1/4 mile to large turn-around area
  • (about 1/2 way down this part, there is a faint trail to the left that comes out at the creek and follows the falls downhill - this is an alternate route)
  • take old, eroded road to left
  • this old road comes out at the base of the falls
Note: I don't know if this property is private or public.  There is no mailbox at the start of the road, but just in case please be considerate and treat it as private property.  I would not suggest trying to drive on this old road.  It's not TOO bad up to the turnaround, but after the left turn is in very bad shape and is certainly no longer driveable.

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