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Firewater Falls

Greenville County, South Carolina

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height
Not recorded
Location
Greenville County, South Carolina
Access status
State park trail passes the falls; trail access fee
The walk
About a quarter mile past the footbridge at the top of Cliff Falls on the Frank Coggins Trail (visitor account)
Ground & access
Dirt mountain trail with descents and climbs. The rock at the top of Cliff Falls is a 20 to 25 foot drop; stay on the bridge. The state park rates all of its trails as advanced.
South Carolina State Parks: Caesars Head State Park

Firewater Falls is a 20-foot waterfall over a large rock face beside the Frank Coggins Trail in Caesars Head State Park. Park at the visitor center on US 276 and cross the highway to the purple-blazed Frank Coggins Trail. It starts as a gravel drive, becomes a dirt path after about a quarter mile and descends to the Coldspring Connector junction; turn right and keep following the purple blazes. Where purple blazes go both left and right, stay left to the wooden footbridge at the top of Cliff Falls. Cross the bridge and continue on the purple-blazed Frank Coggins Trail through rhododendron and laurel for about a quarter mile; the trail passes beside Firewater Falls. Return the same way.

Plan your visit

Caesars Head State Park visitor center, across US 276 to the Frank Coggins Trail, past the footbridge at the top of Cliff Falls to Firewater Falls beside the trail

A visitor account gives the trail from the visitor center to the Cliff Falls footbridge in short segments (a quarter mile, a quarter mile, under a quarter mile, then just over 0.1 mile), then about a quarter mile more to Firewater Falls. The same account gives 3.5 to 4 miles round trip for a longer hike to Cliff, Firewater and Rockcliff Falls.

Dirt mountain trail with descents and climbs. The rock at the top of Cliff Falls is a 20 to 25 foot drop; stay on the bridge. The state park rates all of its trails as advanced.

Where to start

Caesars Head State Park visitor center lot on US 276. Parking is first come, first served with no reservations, and there is no roadside parking. The lot often fills on weekends in October and November.

Timing & water

Park open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., extended to sunset during daylight saving time. Trails close one hour before dark. The falls can be a trickle or dry in dry weather.

Before you go

Caesars Head State Park trail access cost: $3 adults, $1.50 South Carolina seniors, $1 children 6 to 15, age 5 and younger free.

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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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