Hemlock Falls
Georgia · height not recorded · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Hemlock Falls is light today (42 cfs) — visit for the geology, not the volume.
Right now
Streamflow
42 cfs
TALLULAH RIVER NEAR CLAYTON, · 1h ago
Today
85°F
Sunny
Tonight
67°F
Partly Cloudy
Today's daylight
Sunrise 7:13 AM · Sunset 7:49 PM · 12h 36m
Snapshot built 13m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS GSP.
Hemlock Falls is a waterfall in 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.
Hemlock Falls is in Georgia. It drops along Moccasin Creek. The base sits at roughly 2,332 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 13 minutes from Tate City. A trail — Hemlock Falls — runs within 10 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.
Hemlock Falls is a waterfall located in Rabun County, Georgia. It is located in the Tallulah Ranger District of the Chattahoochee National Forest on Moccasin Creek. The Hemlock Trail is about one mile long, beginning at Moccasin Creek State Park and following an old railroad bed.
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.
USGS gage 02178400 · 5.2 mi away
TALLULAH RIVER NEAR CLAYTON, GA
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30-day streamflow
Below 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 94.8 cfs · 46% of last year — significantly drier
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.
| Waterfall | Distance | Height | Trail | Dogs | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hemlock Falls (this page) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wilson Falls | 3 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Timpson Falls | 8 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Lower Sorrels Branch Falls | 8 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Upper Sorrels Branch Falls | 8 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Anna Ruby Falls | 8 mi | — | — | — | — |
Questions visitors ask about Hemlock 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 Hemlock Falls from a major city?
Hemlock Falls is 9 miles from Tate City (about 13 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
34.8527, -83.6108
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemlock_Falls
Wikidata (Q37887)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37887
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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