Waterfall #4

Dawson County, Georgia

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height: Not recorded
Location: Dawson County, Georgia
Access status: Partial guide: matched to the Fourth Waterfall by name only; difficult creek crossing
The walk: About 1.5 miles one way plus a short spur
Ground & access: Mostly flat creekside trail with some rock scrambling. The Wildcat Creek crossing is difficult; ropes were provided. Do not cross in high water.

From Wildcat Campground, cross the bridge and follow the green-blazed Wildcat Creek Trail upstream. At 1.4 miles pass the footbridge to the Turner Trail and continue over a ridge onto the gray-blazed Fall Creek Trail. The trail soon crosses Wildcat Creek; just past the crossing, a spur leads to the Fourth Waterfall on Fall Creek. Return the same way. This listing is matched to the Fourth Waterfall by its name; no source gives coordinates for it, so the match is probable, not confirmed.

Plan your visit

Wildcat Campground on the Wildcat Creek Trail and Fall Creek Trail to the Fourth Waterfall spur

Take a Hike lists the Wildcat Creek Trail as 1.5 miles one way to the Fall Creek Trail. The spur to the Fourth Waterfall is just past the first creek crossing; its length is not given.

Mostly flat creekside trail with some rock scrambling. The Wildcat Creek crossing is difficult; ropes were provided. Do not cross in high water.

Where to start

Wildcat Campground at the end of Wildcat Campground Road, off Steve Tate Highway, about 12 miles west of Dawsonville.

Timing & water

Georgia DNR: all trails close all day during firearms deer hunts, and before 10 a.m. during archery deer and turkey firearms seasons. Trail description dates from about 2014.

Before you go

Georgia DNR: visitors 16 and older need a Georgia hunting or fishing license or a Lands Pass.

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

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Waterfall location

Dawson County, Georgia.

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