Trail Card
Know before you go.
- Trail / route
- Waterfalls Trail — Cherokee Falls and Hemlock Falls
- Difficulty
- strenuous
- Distance
- 2.0 mi
- Trail duration
- 3 hr
- Meet time · Eastern
- 8:45 AM check-in · 9:00 AM hike
- Parking / fees / directions
- Meet at Main Trailhead / East Rim parking. The 2026 Georgia State Parks ParkPass is $10 per vehicle, paid separately. Check current park conditions and allow extra travel time.
- Gear
- Grippy trail shoes, at least 2 liters of water, a snack, and layers for changing weather. Trekking poles may help on the stairs. Bring a payment method for the $10 per-vehicle Georgia State Parks ParkPass, paid separately.
- After-event social
- Optional overnight and Sunday campground details are coming soon. The Saturday hike RSVP does not reserve lodging.
The route
Saturday is set. We’ll follow Cloudland Canyon’s Waterfalls Trail from the Main Trailhead to Cherokee Falls and Hemlock Falls, then return the same way. The park rates this approximately 2-mile round trip as strenuous; it includes about 600 metal steps. We’ll regroup often and climb out together. Thinking about staying overnight after the hike and gathering Sunday? Campground details are still coming. RSVP for the Saturday hike and ABH will email the campground update to Saturday RSVPs once arrangements are confirmed. Your hike RSVP does not reserve a campsite or confirm a Sunday activity. Please wait for campground details before booking lodging.
What to bring
Grippy trail shoes, at least 2 liters of water, a snack, and layers for changing weather. Trekking poles may help on the stairs. Bring a payment method for the $10 per-vehicle Georgia State Parks ParkPass, paid separately.
Meet here
Cloudland Canyon State Park — Main Trailhead, Rising Fawn, GA
8:45 AM check-in · 9:00 AM hike
Open in maps