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WATERFALL (31.7323,- 82.8533) has that rare Georgia The one-mile trail from the preserve gate (34.9775786, -84.5788203), is in the of the Jacks River Falls trailhead at Dally
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to the falls is open to the public June – August.
The preserve is open to the public Easter
waterfall that is not in the North Georgia
Sunday and by appointment. Park near the
Cohutta Wilderness Area on the Jacks
Gap, but the Beech Bottom Trail, which
kiosk, being careful not to block the gate.
Mountains. Deep in southeast Georgia, near
River, between Blue Ridge and Ellijay.
starts in Tennessee, will get you to the
Douglas, the Broxton Rocks Preserve protects a
walk to the falls. There are no restrooms, so
sometimes roaring waterfall rushing over rock
site in the Cohutta despite how remote it
please plan accordingly.
ledges, cave-like crevices, and 30-foot-high A trail at the kiosk leads you on a one-mile This stunning waterfall is the most visited falls in half that distance.
is. Several cascades combine to become
Directions: From U.S. Highway 411 at
cliffs. Combined with the water of Rocky Creek, an 80-foot waterfall, tumbling and Cisco, GA, travel east on Old Highway 2
a tributary of the Ocmulgee River, and the steady Directions: From Douglas, GA, travel north on
effects of weathering, an environmental anomaly U.S. Highway 441 at Broxton, take Georgia crashing over a rough-hewn rock outcrop about 7.7 miles. Continue onto Chable
Highway 268 east about one mile. Bear left
was created, a place where a network of fissures, on Old River Road. Travel 5.8 miles and turn into deep, refreshing pools below. Road 0.7 miles, then onto Peavine Sneed
cliffs and crevices stay cool and moist, juxtaposed right onto Rock Road (dirt road). Travel to the Two trails approach the falls, the Creek Road. Make a sharp right onto Big
with almost desert-like conditions on flat rocks iron gate or, if open, beyond to sign: “Trail Jacks River Falls trail and the Beech Frog Road to the Beech Bottom trailhead
above the fissures. to Falls.” Bottom trail. The falls are nine miles north parking area.
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