Toccoa Falls

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Toccoa Falls is a 186 foot waterfall that fortunately is very easy to get too. Located on the campus of the Toccoa Falls College, the actually falls is just a very short walk from the gift shop and visitors center.
You just stroll down a small path by the river and in a few hundred yards you are at the falls. The water coming over the falls certainly is impressive and there is frequently a rainbow at the bottom.
Lots of cool rocks and geology in the area and some nice places to sit and take photos of the waterfall. After you are done with the falls you can go back to the visitors center to use the bathroom or buy trinkets at the gift shop. A lovely water that is truly inspiring.

It a short walk to the water falls from parking lot. The falls very pretty. The creek is lovely. Tall but small falls stilled enjoyed it.

Toccoa Falls is a gorgeous waterfall in Northeast Georgia. It is located on the campus of Toccoa Falls College and is a quiet setting of awesome beauty. There is no charge to go there and is a beautiful place to make pictures of people sitting on the big rocks that are at the base of it! I love taking pictures there. It is a peaceful and beautiful sight to see.

My family wanted to see nature spots so we decided to take a trip here. Driving to the welcome center, it looked like something in a Christian summer camp. Found out later it was a Christian college so I was about right. The walk to the waterfall only took 5 minutes. The view was a pretty waterfall with boulders on the bottom and hey it was only a couple dollars for admission so why the heck why not. The walk there was scenic with the surrounding forest and the river along the path. It’s a tourist spot that you can spend maybe 20ish minutes at the most– it’s just a spot to stop and take pictures, not like a hiking day trip.

Wonderful falls, with the most leisurely hike ever to get there. A must see if you are in the area!

As many times as i’ve been to Toccoa Falls, i’m shocked that i’ve never written a review!
Hidden in the college grounds of Toccoa Falls College, follow the trail behind the welcome center, and you see it before you hear it. Sounds weird right, because usually it’s the other way around. The falls, that are just a shade under 200 feet high, fall down in such a peaceful way, that it’s not until you get closer to it. This is one of my favorite falls in GA that I can and have sat and just watched while losing track of time.
If you’re adventurous, hop on some of the boulders closest to the fall to get a closer view, and that’s when you can really appreciate the power that wiped out the town above, all families of that town listed on a memorial plaque along the walking trail. You see wind pushing off the base of the falls, and if you wade in the water, moving towards the falls, there’s a point where you just can’t go any further, because the wind is so strong.
All along the trail, there’s a really nice creek flow to your right, and there’s several benches, both stone and metal, although the walk to the falls is literally a couple of minutes.
Getting access to the falls will set you back a couple of dollars, unless you’re a student of Toccoa falls college, you live in Stephens County, GA or you’ve served in any military branch.
Great quasi-​hidden gem accessible to practically everyone, that you really should take a detour to check out

Beautiful falls. About 200′ high. Nice short trail to the falls. Plenty of parking. No charge. Excellent views. Nice pool at the bottom. Look out for snakes! This falls has a lot of history. Ask the gift shop about the flood!

It’s a beautiful place to see if your close by. Not very large to go out if your way for. It is in the college campus so it’s not as if you can camp out or swim. Lol
It’s 2.00 to see

I came here with my hiking buddy Jamarcus T to see a beautiful waterfall and walked away with a even more beautiful story.
T H E E X P E R I E N C E
Toccoa Falls is a gorgeous 186 foot ‘free-​falling’ waterfall that is MAJESTIC and INSPIRING. If you stand on the rocks or riverbed near the falls, you can feel the rush of wind the falls create. I could easily have stayed here all day if I had my children and wife with me. There are pools of calm water where you can cool off on a warm day and plenty of areas for a picnic.
Located on the grounds of Toccoa Falls Christian College, you will need to enter through the Gates Cottage Gift Shop. There you will pay a nominal fee for access to the falls trail (located at the back of the store). This is the easiest hike you will ever have to such a beautiful waterfall. It’s probably less than 100 yards of flat gravel-​covered ground.
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T R A G I C H I S T O R Y
Once you are near the falls you will find the memorial to the victims of the November 6^th, 1977 dam break that sent an estimated 176 million gallons of water over the falls, killing 39 and injuring 60 with millions of dollars in property damage.
STORY OF A FAMILY WE MET @ THE FALLS
While viewing the falls I was engaged in conversation by a Florida women who was there with two teenager. She began to tell me stories of how she used to play at the top of the falls as a child and the story of the damn breaking. Soon the talk switched to the teens and their backstory. Both were found abandoned in a building by her grandchildren and left to die. The girl was 2 years old when found and had sever lacerations to her face and cigarette burns on her body. The little boy was only 10 months old and his genitalia had been mutilated to the point of needing 14 corrective surgeries by the time he was three years old.
Today the teens are 15 (Jessica) and 13 (Jake). Their mom (Mary) is actually a great grandmother with great grandchildren the same age, but took on the responsibility of caring for these abandoned infants anyway. To add to her troubles, their home was totally damage in the record breaking Hurricane Wilma storm in 2005. However, despite all the circumstances, the children’s test scores show them years ahead of their age groups in learning.
She specifically share her story with me because the children felt peace here below the falls. They were especially overwhelmed with «all the kind people» they were meeting while on this short tour of Georgia and I was happy to be included in that group. This family touched my heart with their voluntary story of both tragedy and triumph. I feel blessed to have met them and just wanted to share that with my Unilocal community.
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T H E V E R D I C T
As Jamarcus T said: I would have just come, taken my pictures and left… but you discovered far more than just a waterfall. Today was a great day. Be sure to check out nearby Panther Creek Falls for a little more aggressive hiking or Tallulah Gorge just 15 minutes north. But whatever you do, find the beauty not just in nature, but in those that are admiring it with you.
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