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Georgia's Trusted Local Source for Waterfall Explorations Since 2018

Buzzard Branch Falls

Swallow Creek Wildlife Management Area

Towns County
Hiawassee, GA

GPS Location:

34.83630, -83.70084

Waterfall Height:

25 feet

Buzzard Branch Falls is a remote 20-foot waterfall located along Buzzard Branch, a tributary in the lower Corbin Creek gorge. The waterfall lies 250 feet from Corbin Creek. It can be reached via a 1.6-mile hike along an old logging road traveling through the Corbin Creek gorge. It heads downstream from the gate on FR 305, which is a spur from Corbin Creek Road. The old roadbed is often overgrown and difficult to follow, so it's essentially a bushwhack. After three fords of Corbin Creek, the roadbed is on the opposite side of the creek at the Buzzard Branch confluence. Thus, reaching the falls further entails a tough bushwhack. 


For detailed directions, see page 219 in Mark Ozboyd's "Waterfalls of Georgia" guidebook. 

Photo credit: Greg Ford

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