Shady Cove Falls is a 25-foot waterfall located near Messer Creek Falls. The waterfall lies along an unnamed tributary of Messer Creek, tumbling steeply down the mountain about 0.3 mile south of Messer Creek Falls. Shady Cove Falls can be reached via a steep uphill bushwhack from the old logging road that parallels the west side of Messer Creek.

To learn about more waterfalls in the Clayton area, see chapter 9 in Mark Ozboyd's "Waterfalls of Georgia" guidebook.