The 10 Best Cliff Jumping Spots in Georgia

Georgia has 18 documented cliff jumping spots on CliffScout, 9 of them community-verified. These are the standouts — ranked by verification, documentation, and community activity, not hype. Every listing links to a full page with photos, heights, and access notes.

1. 1

   Raven Cliff Falls Verified

   Cleveland

   Raven Cliff Falls is a well-documented swimming destination in the Chattahoochee National Forest near Helen, reached via the roughly 5-mile round-trip Raven Cliffs Trail along Dodd Creek (a Forest Service trailhead pass is… Full guide →

2. 2

   Jacks River Falls 80 Verified

   Epworth

   Jacks River Falls sits deep in the Cohutta Wilderness, reached by a strenuous roughly 9-mile hike from the Dally Gap trailhead (or a shorter, steeper ~4.5-mile approach via Beech Bottom Trail), with numerous river crossings and… Full guide →

3. 3

   Helton Creek Falls Verified

   Blairsville

   Helton Creek Falls is a two-tier waterfall in Union County's Chattahoochee National Forest, reached by an easy 0.8-mile round-trip hike off gravel Forest Road 118 (Helton Creek Road), about 11 miles south of Blairsville via… Full guide →

4. 4

   Horse Trough Falls Verified

   Blairsville

   Horse Trough Falls is a multi-tiered waterfall (reported 70-90 ft) on a Chattahoochee River headwater tributary in Chattahoochee National Forest, Union County, near Helen, GA. Free day-use parking is at Upper Chattahoochee River… Full guide →

5. 5

   Long Creek Falls Verified

   Blue Ridge

   Long Creek Falls sits on the Appalachian Trail near Three Forks, about 4 miles from Springer Mountain in the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest. Reach it via an easy, mostly flat 1-mile hike from the Three Forks parking area… Full guide →

6. 6

   Bridal Veil Falls (Sliding Rock), Tallulah Gorge Verified

   Clarkesville

   Also called Sliding Rock, this is the fifth and final waterfall along Tallulah Gorge's Gorge Floor Trail in Tallulah Falls, GA. A roughly 30-foot smooth rock slide dumps swimmers into an 8-foot-deep pool, and a park-installed… Full guide →

7. 7

   Dicks Creek Falls Verified

   Cleveland

   Dicks Creek Falls, also called Waters Creek Falls, is a multi-tier cascade in the Chattahoochee National Forest west of Helen, Georgia, just below where Dicks Creek and Waters Creek meet. Access is via unpaved Forest Service… Full guide →

8. 8

   Minnehaha Falls Verified

   Lakemont

   Minnehaha Falls is a well-known five-tier cascade dropping about 100 feet on Falls Branch near Lake Rabun in Rabun County, Georgia, inside the Chattahoochee National Forest. Access is easy and popular: a flat, clearly marked… Full guide →

9. 9

   Cherokee Falls Verified

   Rising Fawn

   Cloudland Canyon State Park, Rising Fawn GA; $5 per vehicle day-use parking fee. Reached via the Waterfalls Trail, a steep roughly 2-mile round trip descending about 600 steps into the canyon, with Cherokee Falls the first of two… Full guide →

10. 10

    Upper DeSoto Falls Community

    Blairsville

    Real waterfall (80-200ft depending on source) in the DeSoto Falls Recreation Area of Chattahoochee National Forest, reached via a maintained ~1.5-mile trail from the day-use lot off US-19/129 south of Blairsville/Dahlonega, GA. A… Full guide →

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