Bull Sluice is a 14-foot waterfall on Chattooga River in Oconee County, South Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 6.9 miles southeast of Clayton and roughly 51.7 miles west of Greenville as the crow flies.
At 14 feet it is among the ten tallest of the 4 South Carolina waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 4th.
The Blue Ridge is the highest part of the southern Appalachians, a range of forested peaks and coves with oak, hickory, tulip poplar and hemlock and spruce-fir on the summits, in one of the wettest climates in the East. Steep mountain streams drop over granite, gneiss and quartzite ledges, giving the region hundreds of waterfalls.
Oconee County holds 7 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Woodall Shoals, 14 feet high, is about 1.5 miles away across the state line in Georgia. Lower Stekoa Creek Falls, is about 1.8 miles away across the state line in Georgia. Sids Falls, is about 4.2 miles away.
Bull Sluice is located at 34.8173° N, 83.3042° 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.