4/14/19: added Hidden Paradise Falls; Waterfall on northern tributary of Long Creek; and Blueless Falls. Amy elected to pass on that, but I managed to find a spot where a few fallen trees gave me a safe and dry crossing.
Getting the right spot to take some photos of the Brasstown Veil without excess spray was a challenge, but the 35 ft tall, stream wide fall was certainly my favorite one here. There will be a brown sign indicating Brasstown Falls here.
As the trail begins heading down, so too did the water and just like that we were walking down the side of Brasstown Cascades, a nice 50 foot set of cascades.
At the end of this listing, click the link for Upper Brasstown Falls to get to the next waterfall. Coming from Brevard or Hendersonville, take US64 West to NC281 South. All images and text are original property of Renee Hattenstein unless otherwise noted. From the parking area, the trail starts past
11/20/18: updated Raines Mill and Falls. Brasstown Creek makes a sharp turn back to the left here and must now be crossed. waterfall - maybe 20' high.
Drive approximately 4 miles and turn right, just before crossing the bridge. waterfalls when you visit Brasstown Falls. While traveling with friends over the weekend for an amazing rafting and zip lining experience at Wild Water Adventure Center we managed to get in a bit of hiking and visiting local water falls in the area.
It wasn’t a total loss. This little gem is much easier to reach and is less than a quarter mile from the parking area.
Driving Directions.
Brasstown Falls is well worth the hike - truly beautiful, majestic …
From the intersection of US-123, head north on US-76 for 11.7 miles and turn left onto Brasstown Road.
It is not really near any big towns , but it would be best to say that it is about halfway between Westminster, SC and Clayton, Ga along US 76.
Detailed Info. It is the easiest of the falls to see and the most kid friendly so if you have little ones. At
Parking for the falls will be at the end of the road, GPS 34.71915, -83.30167.
Drive for 0.5 miles to where the road dead ends and park.
I said WHAT??? descends next to the falls. On the South end of the parking, head between the boulders and go 450+ft, you'll come to a campsite on your left, you may see the falls through the trees depending on the season. straight and Hwy 76 is a total of 9.2 miles from Hwy 28.
Little Brasstown is a short ways this is the place you want to go. Creek.
At about 3.5 miles is a stop sign at Earl's Ford Rd. Just beyond the 45 foot cascades, we passed the 35 foot Brasstown Veil. Renee Hattenstein, also joined us for this hike. No detailed information is currently available. Getting to Little Brasstown Falls requires a creek crossing, so plan to get your feet wet. Drive 4 miles and turn right onto Brasstown Falls Road, right before the bridge.
This is the only one with the driving directions.
Just upriver from the beautiful but strenuous to reach Brasstown Falls is the smaller sibling Little Brasstown Falls. NC281 south in Sapphire, NC near Lake Toxaway, take NC281 south Little Brasstown Falls is the easiest of the 7 waterfalls in the area to see. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Change ).
everything very slippery. The last section heads down to the 35 foot Lower Brasstown Falls.
Here is a short YouTube video showing each waterfall. this is the place you want to go.
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8/13/19: updated Thompson River waterfalls; updated Lowest Whitewater Falls; added Moondance Falls.
Once at the top of the Brasstown Veil, the next attraction Brasstown Cascades is in full view. below are a combination of several trips to the falls. At 107, turn left and follow it into SC an on to Everyone else managed fine along the shore, until we got up to Little Brasstown Falls.
Drive 4 miles and turn right onto Brasstown Falls Road, right before the bridge. the boulders and is an easy 1/4 mile hike to the top of the The bottom waterfall is Lower Brasstown Falls or Brasstown Sluice. miles or so and you'll pass Oconee State Park on the left.
A very short hike that is much easier to reach than the other Brasstown Falls but you do have to cross Brasstown Creek. To reach Little Brasstown Falls, go to the left of the camping area and cross the stream on a fallen log or just wade across at a sandbar.
He had been here before and knew the area well but for some reason, I was leading the way down the 4 miles on Brasstown Rd that starts paved and turns to gravel.
Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Brasstown Falls packs 4 great waterfalls into a small area and is definitely worth visiting. Brasstown Falls is a short jaunt also, but you have to wade across the
The trail will lead to a creek crossing and once across it winds to the base of Little Brasstown Falls. At 4 miles, FR751 comes in from the right, turn here and follow this until it ends at a parking area. The next 2 shots are from At 45 feet or so, this one is the largest drop of the Brasstowns, and a nice, noisy cascade. They have led me to some memorable places that were not planned.
From Westminster, South Carolina.