Chauga River falls

5/26/2014 - got this falls the same day as the falls on Ramsey Creek.  Both are in Chau Ram Park in South Carolina (see http://doggonega.blogspot.com/2014/05/ramsey-creek-falls.html for more information)

When you watch the video, that whining noise that is blotting out the sound of the falls is the sound of a water pump above the river, and just off to the right of the falls, downstream a bit.  Scared me almost to death when it suddenly came on!

GPS: 34.68344°N 83.14643°W

Directions & Information: from Westminster, SC

• north on US 76
• left on Chau Ram Park Rd
• near the end of the parking area, cross the bridge over Ramsey Creek
• paved trail to left and over hill to suspension bridge over the Chauga River
• follow the river side trail to the falls

Ramsey Creek Falls

5/26/2014 - took advantage of the holiday and went over to South Carolina to find Chau Ram Park and the waterfall there on Ramsey Creek.  The name of the park seems vaguely Middle-Eastern, or Indian sub-continent to me...but when you get there you realize where it came from...it's at the junction of the CHAUga River and RAMsey Creek!

Turned out there's also a small waterfall on the Chauga River, so I actually got 2 that day.  (see http://doggonega.blogspot.com/2014/05/chauga-river-falls.html for this falls)

GPS: 34.68555°N 83.14520°W

 

Directions & Information: from Westminster, SC

• north on US 76
• left on Chau Ram Park Rd
• drive or walk to end of bottom parking area

 

The Falls can be seen best from the very end of the last parking area

Tallulah Gorge falls (9 falls)

5/10/2014 - Did the South Rim Trail along the gorge to get some videos.  Got lucky with the weather, there was heavy clouds and rain all around...but only a drop or two fell.

7/6/2013 - just for fun, I've added statellite photos of the falls.  Most waterfalls don't appear so clearly from the satellite...but these are amazing!

11/19/2011 - went to Tallulah Gorge to see how it looks during the "whitewater" release - when the let much more water go down the river and allow kayakers to do part of the gorge.  I've been wanting to see this for a long time, finally got a chance!  I've paired the photos I got with the ones from earlier for comparison.  Didn't get a very good picture of Oceana Falls, will have to try again next year!

These falls are on the Tallulah River

5/1/2011 - went back to Tallulah Gorge with the TrailDames.  Didn't do the steps down into the gorge and back up, just stayed on the the rim trails on both sides.  Got some really nice pictures!  I didn't get GPS coordinates as you can only see the falls from the overlooks, and at most of them you see more than one falls anyway.

(previous) This is another set of falls I did last year with the TrailDames, so I don't have the date.  This gorge is "Georgia's Grand Canyon."  I didn't get pictures of all the falls, so have posted the ones I have.  One of them I can't figure out the name...so looks like this goes on my "redo" list!

http://www.jjanthony.com/waterfalls/falls/ladorefalls.html

  

http://www.jjanthony.com/waterfalls/falls/tempestafalls.html

http://www.jjanthony.com/waterfalls/falls/hurricanfalls.html

http://www.jjanthony.com/waterfalls/falls/oceanafalls.html

These 2 pictures are pretty much the same small branch falls that flows down the north side of the gorge.  The trees obscure part of it, but it appears to be all one long falls.  In the first picture you can just see the falls in the dark spot in the center of the picture.

Caledonia Cascade flows down the north wall of the gorge, just below Overlook 1 (where the Wallenda tower is located) but you can only see it from the south rim.  It's hard to see the whole falls in the first picture, but you can see the lower part clearly a little below the center of the photo, so I included a close-up of the upper part of the falls.  At the top of the close-up you can see the fence at the overlook.

Directions and Information: can be found at: http://www.gastateparks.org/TallulahGorge

FS 44 (17 falls)

5/3/2014 - nice day, and I didn't feel like sitting around the house...so I drove down FS 42 to Horse Trough falls and got one of the roadside falls on the way.  Not really the best time to do that as the trees were in leaf and made it harder to see the falls.  FS 44 has been closed past the entrance to the campground since the tornadoes of 2011 and is still closed.  I haven't tried driving in from the Helen end to see how far you can get...have to do that someday!

3/20/2011 - had a fabulous day of waterfalling today!  Went down FS 44 from the Unicoi Gap end to get new photos of a road-side falls and Horse Trough Falls, that I've been to before; and to try for the falls on the Upper Chattahoochee River.

Having learned a few things over these months of searching for waterfalls, I drove down the Forest Service road with my windows open and that's how I found so many waterfalls that I didn't even know where there.  Some of them are small, others are spectacularly large. 

Mileages are from the begining of FS 44

Creek names below (or no names) from from GMAPS

#27 - unnamed falls, which is also shown with Horse Trough Falls elsewhere on this blog
#177 - this is actually the first falls you pass, but you can't see it from the road.  You have to walk past the "first" one and then look back and below the road to see this one
GPS 34°47'54"N 83°44'49"W .2 miles (Upper Spoilcane Creek Falls)

#178 & 179 - this falls starts uphill above the road, crosses the road through a pipe, then continues down hill.  Since it is split by the road I counted it as 2 falls...but actually, from the angle of the mountain that can be seen as you approach these falls - it's probably more or less one great, long cascade to the bottom.

GPS 34°47'42"N 83°44'59"W .6 miles (unnamed branch, flows into Spoilcane Creek)

#180 - this is one that is not visible as you drive down the road, but you can hear it.  It is visible from the edge of the road - and maybe it's visible if you are driving in the opposite direction from the one I drove today.

GPS 34°47'10"N 83°46'11"W 3.3 miles (Wilks Creek)

#181 - this one is just a short way below falls #180

GPS 34°47'11"N 83°46'14"W 3.3 miles  (Wilks Creek)

#182 - and this one is just a short way below #181

GPS 34°47'10"N 83°46'12"W 3.3 miles (Wilks Creek)

#183 - it's very difficult to see the falls in this picture.  When you are there, the moving water catches your eye - but in a still photo it's pretty nearly invisible

GPS 34°47'11"N 83°46'38"W 3.8 mi (Wilks Creek)

#26 - Horse Trough Falls (also pictured elsewhere in this blog)

GPS 34°47'32"N 83°47'11"W (unnamed creek, flows into the Chattahoochee River)

http://www.jjanthony.com/waterfalls/falls/horsetroughfalls.html

Upper Chattahoochee River falls

#184 - Lower Falls GPS 34°47'37"N 83°47'8"W

#185 - Middle Falls GPS 34°47'39"N 83°47'8"W

#186 - Upper Chattahoochee Falls GPS 34°47'41"N 83°47'8"W

http://www.jjanthony.com/waterfalls/falls/chattahoochee.html

Mileages starting here are from the campground road junction with FS 44

#187 - in the picture this falls looks small and as if it's almost at your feet, but actually it's quite big and a good way down the hill.  This one is not visible from road but like several others, you can hear it.

GPS 34°46'43"N 83°46'53"W
1.2 miles

#188 - this falls is not visible from the road, but it can be heard.  To see it, you have to scramble down the hill and through the rhododendren growth until you are almost in the creek.

GPS (parking) 34°46'48"N 83°46'59"W

GPS (falls) 34°46'46"N 83°47'0"W

1.4 miles



#189 - this one is distantly visible from the road and is pretty small.  There's a sizable camping spot right after you cross the bridge and you can park there and walk upstream to get closer

GPS (parking) 34°45'31"N 83°46'56"W

GPS (falls) 34°45'35"N 83°46'58"W
4.6 miles

#190 - I don't know how in the world I missed seeing this one the last couple of times I've been on FS 44.  It is spectacular and becomes suddenly visible as you come around a curve in the road.  It's so tall I couldn't get all of it in the photo.  To see all of it takes some manuevering.  Walk back up the road, and even move back and forth to see the parts very high up that are easily hidden behind the trees.

GPS 34°44'49"N 83°46'48"W

6.9 miles

#191 - this is a small falls that is right beside the road.

GPS 34°44'32"N 83°46'28"W

7.6 miles



Directions & Information: from Cleveland, GA

• north on US 129
• east on Alt GA 75 - to end
• north on GA 17/75
• left on FS 44 (before Unicoi Gap, if you get to gap you've gone too far)
• for Horse Trough Falls & the Upper Chattahoochee Falls
• at T-junction where FS 44 turns back south (to the left)
• right on gravel road FS 44D (my map program says Poplar Stump Road)
• continue through campground to parking area
• Horse Trough Falls is a short hike from the day use parking, across the bridge
• Upper Chattahoochee Falls is upstream and the trail is just before the bridge

 Note: the falls are in the order I saw them traveling down FS 44 from just south of Unicoi Gap.  The trail to the Upper Chattahoochee Falls is not obvious right at the bridge, but just walk upstream and you will see it.  It's not very long, but is narrow and washed out in places - but I made it will little trouble.  It's not blazed, and does not appear to have had any maintenance done lately - but the blow-downs were easy to negotiate.  It ends at a rock wall, and you have to just about get in the river and then look upstream to see the upper falls.