Lower Dodd Creek Falls is a waterfall on Dodd Creek in White County, Georgia, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 15 feet. It lies about 8.6 miles north of Cleveland and roughly 52.5 miles northeast 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 water comes down as a horsetail, where the water keeps some contact with the bedrock as it falls.
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. Dodd Creek carries 3 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 100 feet.
There are 29 recorded waterfalls in White County. Upper Dodd Creek Falls, a 35-foot horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away. Upper Dukes Creek Falls, is about 1.2 miles away. Dukes Creek Falls, a 150-foot tiered horsetail waterfall, is about 1.2 miles away.
Lower Dodd Creek Falls is located at 34.7176° N, 83.8031° 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 exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.