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Bridal Veil Falls

Rabun County, Georgia

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height
Not recorded
Location
Rabun County, Georgia
Access status
Official permit route documented; strenuous stairs and boulders
The walk
Strenuous; stairs plus about 0.4 mile on the gorge floor from Hurricane Falls
Ground & access
Very difficult. Rocks and boulders, about 1,099 stairs on the Hurricane Falls loop, river crossing. No dogs.
Georgia State Parks: Tallulah Gorge State Park

Get a free gorge floor permit at the Interpretive Center (100 per day). Take the Hurricane Falls Trail stairs down into the gorge and cross the suspension bridge, then go down more stairs to the platform at Hurricane Falls. With the permit you may cross the Tallulah River there and follow the north bank trail about 0.4 mile downstream to Bridal Veil Falls. Return the same way. A distant view of Bridal Veil Falls is also possible from North Rim Overlook 1 without a permit.

Plan your visit

Tallulah Gorge State Park Interpretive Center, Hurricane Falls stairs to the gorge floor, then the north bank trail downstream to Bridal Veil Falls

Atlanta Trails says Bridal Veil Falls is 0.4 mile downstream of the Hurricane Falls river crossing. The park lists the Gorge Floor Trail as 2.5 miles round trip. The stair descent is extra.

Very difficult. Rocks and boulders, about 1,099 stairs on the Hurricane Falls loop, river crossing. No dogs.

Where to start

Tallulah Gorge State Park, 338 Jane Hurt Yarn Drive, Tallulah Falls. Parking fee required.

Timing & water

Weather and water flow, including dam releases, can stop gorge floor access.

Before you go

Park parking fee required (amount not stated on the page reviewed). Free gorge floor permit required; limited to 100 per day; not issued after 4 p.m. (3 p.m. in daylight saving time).

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Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.

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Waterfall location

Rabun County, Georgia.

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