Upper Hightower Falls is one of the recorded waterfalls on Shoal Branch in Towns County, Georgia, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 13.2 miles east of Young Harris and roughly 69.6 miles west of Greenville as the crow flies.
No height measurement has been recorded for it yet.
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. Shoal Branch carries 2 recorded waterfalls along its course.
There are 30 recorded waterfalls in Towns County. Shook Brook Falls, is about 1.5 miles away. Unnamed waterfall on Maney Branch, is about 1.7 miles away. Maney Branch Falls, is about 2.1 miles away.
Upper Hightower Falls is located at 34.9578° N, 83.6155° 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.