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Upper Sorrels Branch Falls

Towns County, Georgia

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height
Not recorded
Location
Towns County, Georgia
Access status
Partial guide: unofficial path; final approach to the upper falls is obscure
The walk
About 0.45 mile one way from the parking spot (0.9 mile return derived)
Ground & access
Unofficial, unblazed path; moderate climb on an old logging road. The route to the base of the upper falls is very obscure.
Hiking the Appalachians: Lower and Upper Sorrels Branch Falls

Walk the GA 180 shoulder east 0.15 mile to the Sorrels Branch culvert. About 150 feet past it, take a narrow path up the bank on the left to an old logging road. Pass Lower Sorrels Branch Falls (side path at 0.3 mile) and keep climbing on the old road to the upper falls, a 25 to 30-foot slide with old stone ruins at its base. Return the same way.

Plan your visit

GA 180 roadside start on an unofficial path to Upper Sorrels Branch Falls

Hiking the Appalachians logs 0.45 mile from the GA 180 and dirt road junction to the upper falls, including 0.15 mile along the road shoulder. Return derived by doubling.

Unofficial, unblazed path; moderate climb on an old logging road. The route to the base of the upper falls is very obscure.

Where to start

Space for a couple of cars where a dirt road leaves GA 180 diagonally, about 0.15 mile west of Sorrels Branch. No parking at the trailhead itself.

Timing & water

Chattahoochee National Forest. Current conditions unverified; report dates from 2017.

Before you go

No fee stated.

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

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Towns County, Georgia.

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