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Waterfall GA Class IV

Hemlock Falls

Overflow Creek - USFS Road 86B to Overflow Creek Road Bridge (GA)

Monitor this Rapid
Gauge Conditions
Chattooga River at Burrells Ford, near Pine Mtn, GA Downstream Primary
Runnable: 2.0 – 4.0 FT

A good correlation for Overflow is to take the Burrell's Ford Chatt. reading and subtract 1.0 ft to get the Overflow level in feet at the takeout.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Photo
Hemlock Falls
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description

Double drop of maybe 12 and 9 ft. Eddy above, run center/right center. There's a submerged piton rock center/left at lower water - be careful. Large tree is down across the approach before the eddy - tweeze through the limbs. - see some excellent helmet-cam footage of this and other rapids on Aaron Napoleon's WaterMaps site listed below by Singley's Falls.

Location
Type
Waterfall
Difficulty
Class IV
Mile Marker
1.0 mi
Directions
Navigate
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USFS Road 86B to Overflow Creek Road Bridge
Overflow Creek
IV-V(V+) 4.9 mi
Hazard — Exercise extreme caution in this area.
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater