Upper Queen Branch Falls
Swallow Creek Wildlife Management Area
Towns County
Hiawassee, GA
GPS Location:
34.83574, -83.68956
Waterfall Height:
35 feet
35-foot Upper Queen Branch Falls is located abut 150 feet upstream from the lower falls on Queen Branch, in the Corbin Creek gorge. The waterfall stairsteps down a set of mossy ledges and would have been picturesque if not for treefall. Accessing the falls entails a tough bushwhack. It can be reached via an old logging road that follows Corbin Creek downstream from the gate on FR 305. The roadbed is often overgrown and difficult to follow. Moreover, the roadbed crosses to the opposite side of Corbin Creek at 0.15 mile before Queen Branch. You will then need to bushwhack through dense rhododendron with no trail to access the falls.
For detailed directions, see page 219 in Mark Ozboyd's "Waterfalls of Georgia" guidebook.
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Photo credit: Bernie Boyer
