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Helton Creek Falls

Georgia · height not recorded · Last verified 2026-05-15

Flow at Helton Creek Falls is 58 cfs today, around its seasonal average. September averages 5.8" of precipitation here — expect high flow.

Right now

Streamflow

58 cfs

NOTTELY RIVER NEAR BLAIRSVILLE, · 1h ago

Today

86°F

Sunny

Tonight

65°F

Mostly Clear

Today's daylight

Sunrise 7:14 AM · Sunset 7:50 PM · 12h 36m

AQI: 43 (Good) · PM2.5 8.8 µg/m³

Snapshot built 13m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS FFC.

Helton Creek Falls, a waterfall in Georgia
Photo: Wikimedia Commons (see image page for full attribution)

Helton Creek Falls is a waterfall in Union County, Georgia. Height has not been officially recorded. Access details and conditions have not yet been verified in person by Fallspots — the data on this page comes from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.

Helton Creek Falls sits in Union County, Georgia. The base sits at roughly 2,257 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 13 minutes from Blairsville. A trail — Helton Creek Falls — runs within 0 meters of the marked location. No public parking is recorded within 2 km, so a longer approach is likely. This is one of the more frequently visited falls in the state by our popularity model. Source records come from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.

Helton Creek Falls is a series of two big waterfalls located within the Chattahoochee National Forest in Union County, Georgia.

Is the water flowing right now?

Most waterfall sites don't tell you this. The waterfall itself is almost never gauged, but a USGS streamgage in the same watershed can tell you whether snowmelt has started, peaked, or run dry.

30-day streamflow

Below 30-day average
2026-08-11 · low 59.3 cfstoday 59.3 cfs · avg 106.6 cfs

↻ Same date last year: 51.2 cfs · 116% of last year — similar

When to go (from the climate data, not our opinion)

Monthly averages from Open-Meteo's reanalysis dataset (2020–2024). Highlighted months are when we think the waterfall is at its best — but the numbers are the numbers regardless.

MonthHigh °FLow °FPrecip (in)Snow days
Jan47317.34
Feb52357.52
Mar59417.20.4
Apr64455.40.4
May71545.30
Jun78624.10
Jul82665.70
Aug81656.80
Sep75595.80
Oct67503.80
Nov57413.40.2
Dec50355.42.4

Source: Open-Meteo Historical Weather API · ERA5 reanalysis 2020–2024.

Compare to nearby falls

If this one isn't the right fit, here's how it stacks up against the closest documented falls. Every column is filterable on the site — not buried in 13,000 reviews.

WaterfallDistanceHeightTrailDogsFee
Helton Creek Falls (this page)—————
Nottely Falls2 mi——YFree
High Water Falls2 mi——YFree
Upper DeSoto Falls3 mi————
Blood Mountain Creek Falls3 mi——YFree
Lower DeSoto Falls3 mi————

Questions visitors ask about Helton Creek Falls

Answers built from our structured data. If a question isn't here, the fact is unverified — we'd rather omit than guess.

How far is Helton Creek Falls from a major city?

Helton Creek Falls is 9 miles from Blairsville (about 13 minutes' drive).

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Where it is

34.7527, -83.8957

Sources and live status

Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.

Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15

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