Meadow Falls
Pickens County, South Carolina
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Pickens County, South Carolina
- Access status
- Forest trail and roadside trailhead documented
- The walk
- About 1/2 mile one way (HD Carolina figure)
- Ground & access
- Dirt road and forest trail with two footbridges and wooden stairs to the base; large flat area at the falls.
Meadow Falls is a 15-foot, multi-tiered waterfall in the Clemson Experimental Forest, with the remains of an old grist mill at its base and a pool that is part of Lake Hartwell. Walk around the gate to the signboard. Either take the small trail to the left, which joins a larger trail down to the creek, or stay on the dirt road past an old building, go right around a fenced Clemson facility and follow the trail downhill until it meets the creekside trail. Follow the creek downstream over two footbridges to a marked junction for the Big Hole Loop, turn right, and the falls are about 100 feet farther. Wooden stairs lead down to the base.
Plan your visit
Gated dirt road pull-off on R C Edwards School Road, through the meadow and down the forest trail along the creek to Meadow Falls
HD Carolina says either route from the signboard is about 1/2 mile to the waterfall, with the dirt-road route slightly shorter. The return is the same way.
Dirt road and forest trail with two footbridges and wooden stairs to the base; large flat area at the falls.
Where to start
From Clemson, drive College Avenue across US 123 and continue 2.6 miles, then turn left on R C Edwards School Road. After about 2,000 feet, pull off at the gated dirt road on the left. There are only a few pull-off spaces; do not block the gate, which forest staff use. No restrooms.
Timing & water
No season limits are stated.
Before you go
No fee is mentioned.
Visitor informationVisit sources
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