Oil Camp Falls
Greenville County, South Carolina
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Greenville County, South Carolina
- Access status
- Partial guide: gated old road; land manager and exact drop not confirmed
- The walk
- About 0.6 mile to the bridge plus about 200 feet, per the listing
- Ground & access
- Easy walk on an old gated road. A scramble down to the creek is needed for a closer view.
Oil Camp Falls is a 70-foot tiered waterfall that drops into Oil Camp Creek from the opposite side. Drive to where Oil Camp Creek Road turns from pavement to dirt and continue about 0.1 mile to a small parking area. Walk around the barricade and follow the old road along Oil Camp Creek to the bridge; the falls is just ahead. A visitor account describes more than one bridge on this road and says the falls can be hard to see when leaves are out or flow is low. Neither source names the land manager for the old road. Another small falls and the Eastern Stream Falls listing are nearby, so check which drop you are viewing. Return the same way.
Plan your visit
End of pavement on Oil Camp Creek Road, past the barricade on the old road to the bridge over Oil Camp Creek, then 200 feet to the falls
The Upcountry South Carolina listing gives 0.6 mile from the barricade to the bridge over Oil Camp Creek and about 200 feet more to the falls. A visitor account calls the visit a 1.5-mile out-and-back hike.
Easy walk on an old gated road. A scramble down to the creek is needed for a closer view.
Where to start
Small parking area about 0.1 mile past the end of pavement on Oil Camp Creek Road, off River Falls Road, per the listing. A visitor account found room for only two or three vehicles and warns against blocking the gate.
Timing & water
Best after heavy rain; a visitor account says it may be little more than a wet rock in dry weather.
Before you go
No fee is mentioned.
Visitor informationVisit sources
More waterfalls nearby
Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.
- Eastern Stream FallsState park trail route and trailhead documented; small parking areaGreenville County, SC0.2 miW
- Ashmore FallsPreserve trail to a distant view from the Lake Wattacoo damGreenville County, SC1.1 miSE
- Evans FallsPartial guide: no official trail; old road and an overgrown logging gradeGreenville County, SC1.2 miW
- Mashbox FallsPartial guide: no trail; steep off-trail descent from US 276Greenville County, SC1.2 miW
- Misty FallsGreenville County, SC1.2 miW
- Drip Rock FallsPartial guide: roadside falls; the small pull-off is on a highway curveGreenville County, SC1.4 miW
- Ben's SluicePartial guide: the position of Ben's Sluice beyond Jones Gap Falls comes from one visitor accountGreenville County, SC1.5 miNW
- Jones Gap FallsState park trail route and parking documented; admission feeGreenville County, SC1.6 miN
- Rock Cliff FallsGreenville County, SC1.6 miW