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Confusion Falls

Greenville County, South Carolina

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height
Not recorded
Location
Greenville County, South Carolina
Access status
Partial guide: camp permission needed by phone; last section is an unmarked path
The walk
No single total distance is published; the last section is 0.4 mile beyond Moonshine Falls
Ground & access
Strenuous and not well marked. The final section is a faint, unmarked path with a steep descent and some scrambling over rocks. Matthews Creek is crossed on a cable crossing.
Upcountry South Carolina: Confusion Falls

Confusion Falls is a small double waterfall where two streams meet, just downstream of Moonshine Falls on a tributary of Matthews Creek in the Mountain Bridge Wilderness Area. The Upcountry South Carolina listing starts at Asbury Hills Camp and asks hikers to call the camp for permission first. Follow the Asbury Trail to the cable crossing of Matthews Creek, turn right on the pink-blazed Naturaland Trust Trail, then take the side trail past an old kiosk to a rock pile with red paint that marks the Moonshine Falls spur. The path to Confusion Falls leaves from the top of the ridge above Moonshine Falls. A visitor account describes losing the faint path and descending a steep slope to the creek. Return the same way.

Plan your visit

Asbury Hills Camp trailhead, Asbury Trail and Naturaland Trust Trail toward Moonshine Falls, then an unmarked path downstream to Confusion Falls

The Upcountry South Carolina listing gives these sections: 1.5 miles on the Asbury Trail to a cable crossing of Matthews Creek, 300 feet to the Naturaland Trust Trail, 0.5 mile on that trail to a right turn, a spur of about 300 feet toward Moonshine Falls, and 0.4 mile from Moonshine Falls to Confusion Falls. One section has no stated length, so no total is given here.

Strenuous and not well marked. The final section is a faint, unmarked path with a steep descent and some scrambling over rocks. Matthews Creek is crossed on a cable crossing.

Where to start

Asbury Hills Camp: from the US 276 and SC 11 junction near Cleveland, the listing says to follow US 276 West 1.7 miles to the camp, turn left on Lakemont Road at the camp entrance, turn right, pass through a gate and drive 0.3 mile to the trailhead, then park on the left just past it. The listing says the gate is locked at 5 p.m.

Timing & water

The camp gate is locked at 5 p.m., per the listing. Allow time to return before then.

Before you go

No fee is mentioned. The listing asks hikers to call Asbury Hills Camp for permission at 864-836-3711.

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

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Waterfall location

Greenville County, South Carolina.

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