Black Falls is a 15-foot waterfall on Etowah River in Lumpkin County, Georgia, in the Piedmont region. It lies about 9.3 miles northwest of Dahlonega and roughly 39.4 miles north of Alpharetta as the crow flies.
At 15 feet it is one of the lowest falls in the state’s records: of the 80 Georgia waterfalls with a documented height only 3 are shorter, while the typical Georgia waterfall stands around 44.5 feet.
The Piedmont is rolling upland between the Appalachians and the coastal plain, with mixed oak-pine forest, farmland and expanding cities. Waterfalls mark the fall line and the rocky beds of rivers crossing hard crystalline rock. Etowah River carries 3 recorded waterfalls, and Black Falls is the tallest of them.
Lumpkin County holds 36 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Lower Black Falls, is under a mile away. West Fork Montgomery Creek Falls, is under a mile away. Edmunston Falls, 20 feet high, is about 1.3 miles away.
Black Falls is located at 34.6233° N, 84.1058° W. The listing is based on the World Waterfall Database, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The creek name is confirmed against the federal Geographic Names Information System. The position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.