After Jim and I left Pearson’s Falls, we headed east to Shunkawauken Falls, which is a roadside waterfall located on White Oak Mountain just north of Columbus, NC. It is rare for a waterfall so close to the top of a mountain to have so much water flow, but a few ponds on top of the [...]
Pearson’s Falls is a 90 foot waterfall located a few miles south of Saluda, NC. The property is owned by the Tryon Garden Club. They charge a small admission fee, which is used to maintain the property.
I was joined on this trip by my hiking buddy, Jim. I went on this trip expecting a nice, [...]
Chimney Rock State Park is located about 30 miles east of Asheville, NC.
Chimney Rock towers 315 feet over the parking lot and gift shop. I was joined on this trip by my friend Jim, who is from the Asheville area. We decided to take the longest of our planned hikes first, which was the 3/4 mile [...]
Twin Falls is located about 15 miles north of Pickens, SC. I had been there a few years ago, but wasn’t satisfied with the pictures I took, mainly because there wasn’t much water flowing over the falls that day. I decided I would return some nice spring day after a recent heavy rain. It was worth [...]
Station Cove Falls is just a few miles north of Walhalla, SC, near the Oconee Station Historic Site. The Historic Site has a trail that links to the falls trail, but I decided to save that hike for another day.
I parked at the trailhead down the road from the entrance to the Historic Site.
The bulletin [...]