Maxie Duke Falls
Oconee County, South Carolina
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Oconee County, South Carolina
- Access status
- Partial guide: steep scramble path for the last 0.2 mile
- The walk
- Just over 1.5 miles one way, per the Oconee County waterfalls site
- Ground & access
- Level old road, then an extremely steep and slick scramble path, downed trees and wet, muddy footing. NC Waterfalls warns that a rescue here would be difficult.
Maxie Duke Falls is a waterfall of about 50 feet on Opossum Creek, also called Upper Opossum Creek Falls. Walk the gated old logging road past wildlife clearings; at about 1 mile bear left at a clearing on the right. After another 0.25 miles the road ends and a narrow trail continues into the woods. Where the trail splits, right goes down to Sids Falls; take the obvious path to the left. It is a very steep, slick scramble path of roughly 0.2 mile to the base. For a clear view you may need to cross over downed trees to the right side and scramble up. This partial guide relies on visitor sources; the last part is a steep user path.
Plan your visit
Gated old logging road (FS 2616) toward Sids Falls, then the left fork, a steep scramble path down to Maxie Duke Falls
The Oconee County waterfalls site gives just over 1.5 miles one way, with roughly 0.2 mile on the scramble path to the base. NC Waterfalls gives about 1.5 miles one way to nearby Sids Falls on the same trail.
Level old road, then an extremely steep and slick scramble path, downed trees and wet, muddy footing. NC Waterfalls warns that a rescue here would be difficult.
Where to start
NC Waterfalls: from US 76 in Long Creek take Damascus Church Road, bear right onto Battle Creek Road, pass Turkey Ridge Road (FS 755) after 1.9 miles and continue 1.9 miles to gated, grassy FS 2616 on the right. Park without blocking the gate. The Oconee County waterfalls site gives parking GPS 34.74179, -83.29897 and different turn directions; check a map.
Timing & water
No season is stated. The falls need good water flow to look their best.
Before you go
No fee is mentioned.
Visitor informationVisit sources
More waterfalls nearby
Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.
- Sids FallsPartial guide: forest road walk, then an unofficial user path; parking at the gate not describedOconee County, SC0.1 miNE
- Sparkle FallsPartial guide: no trail; creek walk below Sids FallsOconee County, SC0.1 miNW
- John Danner FallsOconee County, SC0.2 miW
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- Shoulder Bone FallsOconee County, SC0.4 miE
- Camp Branch FallsPartial guide: heard from the trail; view and base access not confirmedOconee County, SC0.7 miN
- Homer's FallsPartial guide: unofficial trail and a very steep scramble pathOconee County, SC1.9 miN
- Upper Long Creek FallsOconee County, SC2.0 miNE