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Sids Falls

Oconee County, South Carolina

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height
Not recorded
Location
Oconee County, South Carolina
Access status
Partial guide: forest road walk, then an unofficial user path; parking at the gate not described
The walk
About three miles round trip from the red gate (SC Picture Project)
Ground & access
Wide forest service road, then a rough, steep user path through rhododendron. Places to stand near the falls are scarce, wet and slippery.
Mark's Photo Travels: Sids Falls

Sids Falls is a 50-foot waterfall on Shoulder Bone Branch, a tributary of Opossum Creek, in the Andrew Pickens Ranger District of Sumter National Forest. It is named for Sid Ballenger Jr., who wrote the first book on Oconee County waterfalls. From the red gate at FS 2616 (Opossum Creek Road) near Damascus Baptist Church, walk the wide, easy forest road past three meadows to its end at the fourth meadow. A rough path cut by a waterfall enthusiast starts at the end of the fourth meadow, often hidden by thick brush but marked with orange tape. It descends gently, then steeply near the end, to the falls. Return the same way.

Plan your visit

Red gate on FS 2616 (Opossum Creek Road) off Damascus Church Road, along the forest road past the meadows, then a rough user path down to Sids Falls

SC Picture Project gives about three miles for the hike from the red gate to the falls and back: about a mile and a quarter on the forest service road and another quarter mile on the trail.

Wide forest service road, then a rough, steep user path through rhododendron. Places to stand near the falls are scarce, wet and slippery.

Where to start

Trailhead at the gate for FS 2616 (Opossum Creek Road) off Damascus Church Road, near Damascus Baptist Church. No designated parking area is described; do not block the gate.

Timing & water

No season limits are mentioned. Flow can be low in dry periods.

Before you go

No fee is mentioned.

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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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