Poe Creek Falls
Pickens County, South Carolina
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Pickens County, South Carolina
- Access status
- Partial guide: name conflict; Waterfall Hero calls this point Upper Poe Creek Falls
- The walk
- A short distance on the Natural Bridge Trail loop, which Waterfall Hero lists as 1.2 miles in all
- Ground & access
- State park loop trail; the rocks around the falls are slippery.
This listing's position matches the point Waterfall Hero gives for Upper Poe Creek Falls, a 6-foot waterfall on Poe Creek in Keowee-Toxaway State Park. Waterfall Hero uses the name Poe Creek Falls for a different 15-foot drop a short way downstream, also called Middle Poe Creek Falls, so the name on this listing may refer to either. The Upcountry South Carolina listing treats Poe Creek Falls as one falls in three parts. To reach the falls at this position, start on the Natural Bridge Trail from the far end of the visitor center parking lot, take the left fork at the split, cross the natural bridge, and shortly after take a path on the left to a rocky area in front of the falls. The loop continues past the other Poe Creek drops back to the lot.
Plan your visit
Keowee-Toxaway State Park visitor center, Natural Bridge Trail (left fork) across the natural bridge, then a short path to the falls
Waterfall Hero lists 1.2 miles for the Natural Bridge Trail outing. The side path to this falls is shortly after the natural bridge on the left fork; no separate distance is given.
State park loop trail; the rocks around the falls are slippery.
Where to start
Keowee-Toxaway State Park visitor center parking off SC 11, per Waterfall Hero; make the first right after entering the park.
Timing & water
Small falls; best after rain.
Before you go
The Upcountry South Carolina listing says there is a fee to enter Keowee-Toxaway State Park; the current amount is not confirmed.
Visitor informationVisit sources
- Waterfall Hero: Upper Poe Creek Falls (Keowee)
- Waterfall Hero: Upper Poe Creek Falls (Keowee)
- Waterfall Hero: Upper Poe Creek Falls (Keowee)
- Waterfall Hero: Upper Poe Creek Falls (Keowee)
- Waterfall Hero: Poe Creek Falls (Keowee)
- Upcountry South Carolina: Poe Creek Falls
- Upcountry South Carolina: Poe Creek Falls
More waterfalls nearby
Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.
- Middle Poe Creek FallsState park trail route and trailhead documentedPickens County, SC0.0 miW
- Lower Poe Creek FallsState park trail route and trailhead documentedPickens County, SC0.2 miW
- Clearwater FallsPickens County, SC1.1 miS
- Crosscut FallsPickens County, SC1.3 miE
- Spelunker FallsPickens County, SC1.3 miE
- Pork Chop FallsPickens County, SC1.4 miNE
- Triple FallsPickens County, SC1.7 miNE
- Fall Creek FallsPartial guide: boat access only; listing match probableOconee County, SC3.8 miSW
- Allie's FallsPickens County, SC3.9 miE