Midway Falls

Oconee County, South Carolina

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height: Not recorded
Location: Oconee County, South Carolina
Access status: Partial guide: unofficial, overgrown path from a forest road
The walk: Less than 0.3 mile from the road, per Hiking the Appalachians
Ground & access: Faint, unofficial path overgrown with rhododendron and dog hobble. Rocks are very slippery.

Hiking the Appalachians and Beyond: Fall Creek Waterfalls

Midway Falls is a small cascade on North Fork Fall Creek in Sumter National Forest, about halfway between Andrew Ramey Falls and the point where North Fork Fall Creek flows into Fall Creek. From the pull-off on FS 722, a path heads down toward the sound of Andrew Ramey Falls; a visitor account describes pink flagging at the start. Past Andrew Ramey Falls the path becomes fainter in a rhododendron thicket and passes Midway Falls and then Rhodo Falls. There is no official trail. Return the same way.

Plan your visit

Pull-off at the Fall Creek tributary culvert on FS 722, down the unofficial path past Andrew Ramey Falls to Midway Falls

Hiking the Appalachians passes both small cascades before the path reaches the bottomlands along Fall Creek at about 0.3 mile. Return the same way.

Faint, unofficial path overgrown with rhododendron and dog hobble. Rocks are very slippery.

Where to start

Pull-off on FS 722 (Fall Creek Road) where it crosses a tributary of Fall Creek, 0.5 mile past the turn onto the forest road, per Waterfall Hero. Hiking the Appalachians describes a small pullout just beyond the culvert for two or three cars and a larger one before it.

Timing & water

Best in winter and spring, per Hiking the Appalachians. FS 722 is unpaved.

Before you go

Hiking the Appalachians lists no fees.

Visitor information

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

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Waterfall location

Oconee County, South Carolina.

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