On the northwest slopes of Brasstown Bald, a notable tributary flows through Big Bald Cove, dropping steeply into the deep, rugged Brasstown Creek gorge. This upper waterfall in Big Bald Cove is located about 0.1 mile upstream from the top of Big Bald Cove Falls. About 35 feet high, the upper falls drops down a lush cliff, where water seeps out of every crevice in times of wet weather. That's why Greg Ford referred to these falls as Rainforest Cove Falls when documenting them in Facebook posts.

Reaching the waterfalls of Big Bald Cove requires a long, challenging bushwhack across treacherous cross-country terrain, regardless of the route you take. The only way to reach this waterfall and all others in the upper Brasstown Creek watershed via public land is to bushwhack down from the Wagon Train Trail high atop Brasstown Bald. Astute map readers will observe that the easier access to this waterfall could have otherwise been from downstream along Brasstown Creek. Unfortunately, this access point is entirely blocked by private property and houses at the end of Upper Plott Town Road. There is zero national forest access from this road. 

To learn about more waterfalls in the Hiawassee area, see chapter 7 in Mark Ozboyd's "Waterfalls of Georgia" guidebook.