Upper Rocky Mountain Falls is the second in a pair of wet-weather waterfalls located in the headwaters of the Hiwassee River, on the northwest slope of Rocky Mountain. This steeply-sliding 70-foot waterfall lies in a rhododendron thicket a few hundred feet north of the Appalachian Trail, east of the Unicoi Gap parking area along Highway 17/75. There is no trail directly to the waterfall.

To learn about more waterfalls in the Helen area, see chapter 6 in Mark Ozboyd's "Waterfalls of Georgia" guidebook.