Horse Trough Falls
Georgia · height not recorded · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Horse Trough Falls is light today (48 cfs) — visit for the geology, not the volume.
Right now
Streamflow
47.8 cfs
CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER AT HELEN, · 51m ago
Overnight
67°F
Partly Cloudy
Tuesday
89°F
Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Today's daylight
Sunrise 6:41 AM · Sunset 8:41 PM · 14h 0m
Snapshot built 10m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS FFC.
Horse Trough 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.
Horse Trough Falls sits in Union County, Georgia. It drops along Chattahoochee River. The base sits at roughly 2,348 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 10 minutes from Helen. A trail — FS Trail 173 — runs within 90 meters of the marked location. This is one of the more frequently visited falls in the state by our popularity model. Source records come from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
Horsetrough Falls is located on one of the flanks of Horsetrough Mountain in Union County, Georgia, part of the Blue Ridge Mountains. This 70-foot (21 m) waterfall is located on a creek that is part of the headwaters of the Chattahoochee River, which forms within a mile of the falls, and located within the Mark Trail Wilderness. There is an observation platform at the falls which can be reached by the 0.4-mile (0.64 km) Horsetrough Falls Trail. The trail begins at the nearby Upper Chattahoochee Campground camping area, which is maintained and operated by the Chattooga Ranger District of the Chattahoochee National Forest. The Eastern Continental Divide follows the main ridge line of Horsetrough Mountain and the water passes over Horsetrough Falls to begin a 500-mile (800 km) journey to the Gulf of Mexico via the Chattahoochee River.
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 02330450 · 7.1 mi away
CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER AT HELEN, GA
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30-day streamflow
Near 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 62.3 cfs · 81% of last year — similar
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horse Trough Falls (this page) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lower Garrett Branch Falls | 4 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Upper Garrett Branch Falls | 4 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Lower Sorrels Branch Falls | 4 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Upper Sorrels Branch Falls | 4 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Anna Ruby Falls | 5 mi | — | — | — | — |
Questions visitors ask about Horse Trough 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 Horse Trough Falls from a major city?
Horse Trough Falls is 7 miles from Helen (about 10 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
34.7921, -83.7875
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsetrough_Falls
Wikidata (Q37419)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37419
GeoNames (4201441)
https://www.geonames.org/4201441/
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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