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Swinehart Falls

Private Property

Banks County
Baldwin, GA

GPS Location:

PRIVATE

Waterfall Height:

30 feet

Downstream from Lake Russell, the lower reaches of Nancy Town Creek feature a series of three waterfalls in a small gorge before the creek dumps into the Middle Fork Broad River. Unfortunately, this part of Nancy Town Creek flows through private property outside the Lake Russell WMA and is strictly inaccessible to the public. The waterfall highlighted here is the middle drop in the gorge, an impressive drop of about 35 feet. The only picture I have seen is from a scouting trip by kayakers. I am not certain if this waterfall has an official name but was told it may be named Swinehart Falls after the local Swinehart family, which operates the Swinehart's Power Equipment shop in Baldwin. In my book, I have also referenced this waterfall as Nancy Town Gorge Falls out of a lack of established names.  


To learn about more waterfalls in the Baldwin area, see chapter 8 in Mark Ozboyd's "Waterfalls of Georgia" guidebook. 

Photo credit: www.americanwhitewater.org (David Cohen)

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