Holcomb Creek Falls and Warwoman Dell

Tuesday morning, we headed into Georgia for some waterfalls.  Heading south into Georgia, we got on GA-246 and made a stop of at the Sky Valley Overlook.  There were beautiful views here with clouds lingering over the valley.

Estatoah Falls, a very high waterfall on Mud Creek, is right here, but the view is poor and its on private property so no exploring for a better view.

Continuing on, we drove back to North Carolina and then took Hale Ridge Road back into Georgia and Chattahoochee National Forest near Rabun Bald.  Parking where FR-86 comes, we hiked down the Holcomb Creek Trail (#52).  Soon, we came to the footbridge over Holcomb Creek.

The spectacular Holcomb Creek Falls was just upstream.

Crossing the bridge, there was a scramble path on the other side to get a close up view.

Continuing on, we came to a split and went out to the overlook for Ammons Creek Falls.

This was another really nice waterfall, probably 60 feet high.

Continuing on, the trail switchbacked back towards Holcomb Creek and climbed steeply up.  There was more falling water, but it would have been very difficult to get down.  In under a mile from the start, we took a scramble path down to the creek at the base of Upper Holcomb Creek Falls.

The upper falls is only about 20 feet but very scenic.

From here, it was just a short ways to the end of the trail back at Hale Ridge Road.  Turning right, we hiked the road back to the car.

From here, we followed FR-7 south to Warwoman Road and drove to Warwoman Dell Recreation Area.  First, we hiked Warwoman Dell Nature Trail (#64) into the little gorge.

Warwoman Dell Falls is a small waterfall at the head of the canyon.

It's a small waterfall but very scenic in high water.

I climbed down into the little gorge for some pictures.

Then we finished up the little loop trail and got on Bartram Trail heading north.  The trail passed by Becky Branch Falls, but the lighting was poor so we stopped on the way back.  In just under two miles, we passed by Lower Martin Creek Falls.

I climbed down to the base, but it was very cluttered.

Just below the main cascades, the creek narrowed through a pretty sculpted gorge.

There were more nice cascades in here.

Then we continued to Martin Creek Falls, the big one.

We ran into Waterfall Rich, Cindy and Bernie here.  They recognized Alex!  The lighting wasn't great, so we got a few pictures then headed back.

The lighting was fortunately better when we got back to Becky Branch Falls.

Approaching the falls on the trail, there was an upper portion not visible from the base.

With better lighting, we stopped to enjoy the falls for a little bit.

It's a nice one and very easy to visit.

Just a short downhill hike back to the parking at Warwoman Dell.

From here, we made one more stop near Clayton on the way back to Franklin.  We parked along Darnell Creek Road just east of Dillard.  An old road here led down to the creek below the waterfall.

It was just a short ways (and we probably could have driven) to Darnell Creek Falls.

Ice had formed along the rocks next to the falls and it was really scenic for such an easy waterfall.

A few more people showed up so we headed back.

We got dinner in Franklin and took it to Currahee Brewing to eat with Alex.  There was a beautiful sunset over Little Tennessee River.