Hemlock Falls is a

waterfall A waterfall is a point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf. Waterfalls can be formed in several wa ...

located in

Rabun County Rabun County () is the north-easternmost County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 16,883, up from 16,276 in 2010. The county seat is C ...

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. It is located in the

Tallulah Ranger District Tallulah may refer to: Places in the United States * Tallulah, Louisiana, a city * Tallulah (Jacksonville), Florida * Tallula, Illinois, a village * Tallula, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Tallulah Gorge, Georgia * Tallulah Ranger ...

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 ...

on Moccasin Creek. The Hemlock Trail is about one mile long, beginning at

Moccasin Creek State Park Moccasin Creek State Park is a state park located on the western shore of Lake Burton in Rabun County in the northeast corner of Georgia. The park features campgrounds; a fishing pier for the physically disabled, the elderly, and children; and wa ...

and following an old railroad bed.

External links

Hemlock Trail profile on GeorgiaTrails.comU.S. Forest Service Website for Hemlock Falls and Hemlock Trail
Waterfalls of Georgia (U.S. state) Protected areas of Rabun County, Georgia Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Waterfalls of Rabun County, Georgia {{RabunCountyGA-geo-stub