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      R      Starr’s Mill Spillway                              Moss Falls (Double Branch Falls)
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      A T    (33.3425, -84.5179)      Directions: From I-75 between   (32.95075, -84.51202)  weather. Note: Although there is
       W     Waterfalls can be enchanting even   Atlanta and Macon, take GA-16   In Upson County, near Molena,   public access, a Georgia fishing
                                                                GA, these falls recently became
                                      West from Griffin approximately
                                                                                          license, hunting license, or lands
             when manmade. A small park on
             Georgia 85 (not to be confused   20 miles to GA-85 North at   accessible to the public through   pass is required.
             with I-85) south of Fayetteville   Senoia. Go north on GA-85   a lease agreement between the
             provides lovely views of Starr’s   approximately 3.3 miles. The   Georgia Department of Natural   Directions: From Thomaston: Take
             Mill, a turbine mill that produced   park access is on the left at 115   Resources and Camp Thunder (a    Hwy. 74 west approximately 12
             electricity for the nearby town   Waterfall Way; a view of the    Boy Scout camp). The 20-foot falls   miles and go left on Thundering
             of Senoia until 1959 and now is   mill and spillway is also    are on Double Branch, a Flint River   Springs Road. In approximately 2.4
             owned by the Fayette County   available from a pull-off on GA-85   tributary in the Dripping Rocks area.   miles, the sign-in kiosk for Camp
             Water System. The park features   traveling south.  A curtain of moss hangs down from   Thunder Voluntary Public Access
             free parking, a picnic area, and                   the rock outcrop behind the falls,   (VPA) area will be on the right.
             public restrooms.                                  which is best viewed during wet
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