Anna Ruby Falls is located near

Unicoi State Park Unicoi State Park & Lodge is a 1,050- acre (4.25 km2) state park (est. in 1954) located immediately north-northeast of Helen, Georgia in the northeastern portion of the state. The centerpiece of the park is Unicoi Lake on Smith Creek. T ...

in White County near

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. The

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is accessible via a half mile (800 m) paved trail from a public use area with a small admittance charge. The Anna Ruby Falls Trail is designated a

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in Georgia. Anna Ruby Falls is actually twin waterfalls created where two separate streams- Curtis Creek and York Creek- join at the base of the falls to form Smith Creek, which flows into Unicoi Lake. Both Curtis and York creeks begin on Tray Mountain, Georgia's sixth-highest peak: Curtis Creek drops and York Creek drops . The falls are named after Anna Ruby Nichols, the daughter of an early settler. The Anna Ruby Falls Scenic Area is a area around Anna Ruby Falls and is part of the

Chattahoochee National Forest The Chattahoochee River forms the southern half of the Alabama and Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia border, as well as a portion of the Florida - Georgia border. It is a tributary of the Apalachicola River, a relatively short river formed by the con ...

, though access is only through Unicoi State Park. The

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it to the

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Cradle of Forestry. The Cradle of Forestry accepts the "Golden Age" pass allowing seniors in free, with pass. There is an entry fee for the parking area, and a Georgia ParkPass (required for parking at Unicoi) is not honored, as it is on federal land rather than

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. Anna Ruby Falls is one of four popular waterfalls located in the Forest near

. Two of the other water falls,

Dukes Creek Falls Dukes Creek is the creek in White County, Georgia, on which gold was found in 1828. The discovery of gold in White County and neighboring Lumpkin County led to the Georgia Gold Rush. The creek is approximately long. file geodatabase (GDB) at ftp: ...

and

Raven Cliff Falls Raven Cliff Falls may refer to: * Raven Cliff Falls (Georgia), White County, Georgia, United States * Raven Cliff Falls (South Carolina) :''This article refers to Raven Cliff Falls in South Carolina; for the Georgia falls, see'' Raven Cliff Fal ...

, are also in White County, while the third waterfall, DeSoto Falls, is in neighboring

Lumpkin County Lumpkin County is a county located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,488. Its county seat is Dahlonega. History This area was settled by the Cherokee, who also occupied a ...

Image:AnnaRubyFalls GeorgiaUSA.jpg, Cascade below Anna Ruby Falls File:Anna Ruby Falls - Curtis Creek.jpg, Falls on Curtis Creek side File:Anna Ruby Falls - York Creek.jpg, Falls on York Creek side File:Anna Ruby (19288356759).jpg, Anna Ruby Nichols for whom the falls are named, 1865

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{{commons category, Anna Ruby Falls
Anna Ruby Falls Virtual TourHistory of Anna Ruby Falls (video)
Waterfalls of Georgia (U.S. state) Protected areas of White County, Georgia Landforms of White County, Georgia

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