Both in GA, 122 mi apart · 122 mi apart
Cherokee Falls vs Toccoa Falls
Two waterfalls in our directory, side by side. Same data we use on the individual pages — height, access, what we know, what we don't.
Georgia
Cherokee FallsCherokee Falls is a waterfall in Georgia. It drops roughly 59 feet. Access details and conditions have not yet been verified in person by Fallspots — the data on this page comes from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
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Georgia
Toccoa FallsToccoa Falls is a 186-foot free-falling waterfall on Toccoa Creek, one of the tallest east of the Mississippi River. The 100-yard wheelchair-accessible path from Gate Cottage leads to the base, where the water drops in a single ribbon off a granite cliff. The falls sit on the campus of Toccoa Falls College in Stephens County, Georgia. Visitors pay a $2 entry fee at the gift shop. Carries the sober history of the 1977 Kelly Barnes Dam collapse — the broken dam is still visible upstream — which killed 39 people on the college campus.
See the full page →| Spec | Cherokee Falls | Toccoa Falls |
|---|---|---|
| State | Georgia | Georgia |
| Height | 59 ft | 186 ft |
| Type | — | plunge |
| Watercourse | — | Toccoa Creek |
| Park | Cloudland Canyon State Park | Toccoa Falls College (private) |
| County | — | Stephens |
| Elevation | 506 m | 342 m |
| Nearest city | Trenton (3 mi) | Toccoa (2 mi) |
| Dogs allowed | Yes | No |
About Cherokee Falls
Cherokee Falls is a waterfall located in Cloudland Canyon State Park in Dade County, Georgia. The waterfall, formerly unnamed, was named in a contest.
About Toccoa Falls
Toccoa Falls is a waterfall on Toccoa Creek with a vertical drop of 186 feet (57 m) on the campus of Toccoa Falls College in Stephens County, Georgia, United States. Toccoa comes from the Cherokee word "Tagwâ′hĭ", meaning "Catawba place" or "beautiful".
Where they are
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