About this spot
Lower Garrett Branch Falls is a roughly 35-foot stairstep cascade in Chattahoochee National Forest near Hiawassee, Georgia, reached via an unofficial trail along an old logging road off Highway 180 — it's passed first on the way to the larger Garrett Branch Falls upstream. A Georgia waterfall database documents its location and height, but no source describes it as a swimming hole or jump spot, and it doesn't appear in regional north-Georgia swimming-hole roundups. Treat it as a scenic multi-tier falls on a short bushwhack rather than a confirmed swim destination.
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