Fall Branch Falls

Fall Branch Falls is located in the Chattahoochee National Forest near Ellijay, GA. This is an easy to moderate hike that is suitable for all ages and it follows the Benton MacKaye Trail to a platform that overlooks the waterfall. The falls are only a short 0.5 miles from Rock Creek Road, but there is a loop that you can do including the Stanley Gap Trail that is 2.9 miles.

We walked about two miles before we reached Fall Branch Falls – via the longer loop route using the Stanley Gap Trail which is part of the Rich Mountain/Aska Trail system. It climbs to the Benton MacKaye Trail then descend to Falls Branch Falls. We then hiked back to the trailhead on a forest road. So you have options for either an 0.9 in-out hike directly to Falls Branch Falls or a longer 2.9 mile loop to the falls.

Note: There is also a Falls Branch Falls in the Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee which is occasionally confused with this hike.