Dicks Creek Falls is a 45-foot tiered waterfall in Rabun County, Georgia, where Dicks Creek drops toward its junction with the Chattooga River in the Chattahoochee National Forest. A short trail off the Bartram Trail reaches its base.
The falls
A lidar survey describes the falls as tiered horsetails in two drops and puts the height at about 45 feet. Older estimates put it at 60 feet. The creek spills down the last stretch before it meets the Chattooga.
Getting there
From Clayton, the Blue Ridge Bartram Trail Conservancy directs drivers 5.3 miles east on Warwoman Road to Sandy Ford Road. Turn right onto the gravel road, bear left across Warwoman Creek after 0.6 mile, then continue 3.3 miles to the Dicks Creek ford. The conservancy warns the ford can be difficult in high water and advises against it in low-clearance cars; parking is 0.3 mile past it on both sides of the road. Wikipedia's directions instead have hikers park before the crossing.
The walk follows a gated road downstream, then the green-blazed Dicks Creek Trail No. 60 and a log bridge on the Bartram Trail. The route runs 0.58 mile to the spur for the base, or about 1.4 miles round trip.
When to go
Seasonal flow isn't documented. At high water the Dicks Creek ford on the drive in can be difficult to cross.
On site
A spur on the right leads to the base of the falls, just upstream of the Chattooga River. The route includes a stream crossing on a log bridge.
Nearby
Bull Sluice, on the Chattooga River across the state line in South Carolina, is about 4.8 miles away. Lower Martin Creek Falls and Metcalf Creek Falls are each about 5.9 miles away.
Distances are straight-line.