Cochrans Falls is a 150-foot waterfall on Cochrans Creek in Dawson County, Georgia, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 12.2 miles northwest of Dawsonville and roughly 35.1 miles north of Alpharetta as the crow flies.
At 150 feet it is among the ten tallest of the 80 Georgia waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 5th. It falls in 2 drops.
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.
Dawson County holds 10 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Amicalola Falls, a 450-foot tiered horsetail waterfall, is about 1.9 miles away. Bearden Falls, is about 2.2 miles away. Falls Branch Falls, is about 3.8 miles away.
Cochrans Falls is located at 34.5796° N, 84.2138° 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.