Brasstown Falls — Attraction in Toccoa

I’ve been to a lot of waterfalls in northern Georgia and now this one in SC and this is my favorite that’s I’ve seen so far. There is one to the left when you hit the fork that is beautiful and peaceful and a nice spot to sit and enjoy the quiet of nature. Then you can walk back to the fork and go to the right and you’re in for a treat of a gorgeous series of waterfall after waterfall. I read many reviews and some said it was strenuous but I don’t love hiking and this was not hard at all for me. I didn’t even get to a point of being winded at all. There are overlooks along the away and some downhills and uphills and you will get to a point where you have to go down stairs that are tree trunk treads that are rounded. They are tall steps too but just be slow going down and you’ll be just fine. I saw all age groups from little kids to older adults and dogs along the way. It’s not a long walk and there are so many great spots along the way to stop and enjoy and rest. There are some spots with roots so be careful as we saw someone who had sprained their ankle on the trail. Just be attentive and look where you are walking. The cove at the end is so spectacular to see. Once you drive and see it in its glory you’ll love it just as much as we did. What a great treasure to the area to have this spot. Parking had a decent amount of spots but on a Saturday it was full so we parked along the road with no problem. We tried to use the trailhead pin on Google maps and it took us to a closed gate somewhere so we manually mapped to it by looking for the barbecue restaurant right outside the main road to get to the falls. If you have issues just navigate to the...

As most have said, the walk out is a combination of sort of easy to treacherous. We went right first because it is longer and we prefer to do the harder trail first. The first part is fairly easy, but be aware that there is no barrier between the trail and the cliff. Important if you have a daredevil in the family. Then come the stairs, about 150 in several groups. Two sets are more like ladders, but they have railings. The very last ends on the treacherous part, some layered rocks down to the water. I am amazed that this trail was made, and appreciative to whoever is responsible! We got viees of 3 waterfalls, including views from two very nice platforms. Of course what goes down has to come up, and we aren't 60 anymore. The left fork goes to the upper falls, about 60 or 70 feet of mostly a thin sheet of water over an almost slide. There's a memorial to a young man who died at 23 back in 1999. No history given, so we don't know if he died there, or that was his favorite place. The only improvement we could think of would be to add a toilet, or a port a John in the...

Ive been going here for over 25yrs and the condition of this spot has deteriorated exponentially in the last 2 to 3 yrs. This place was so much more magic before people that litter were provided easy access. It was better before the bulldozer knocked trees and rock into the valleys and water ways, covering the original trails below to make way for platforms and netting to keep those same accident prone littering ppl from falling over into the new dead tree and debri pits. The original trails, where not below the new bulldozed walks, have been blocked off by downed trees also. There’s muddy mesquito sess pits at the top where natural drainage and wild ferns used to flourish. This place has been dear to me for decades and it's just sad af to see it turned into this. Beer cans. Bottles. Random pieces of plastic and chip bags. Other friends have found needles now put there too. Wth is wrong with ppl. It never was like this before the hardest parts weren't accessible to...