Frogtown Creek slides down
a 200 foot granite slide to the middle falls (probably most photographed)
where it tumbles as a series of cascades for about 80 more feet. Then, another
20 foot cascade, the lower falls, ends the show and Frogtown Creek gurgles
just loud enough to be heard from the trail as you approach the falls. Depending upon the water flow, it is one beautiful series of waterfalls, some wide, some narrow, and
an immense pleasure to watch and hear.
There is an easy, 1 mile trail to the lower falls. It is another mile, over a much more difficult trail (due to many fallen trees), to the upper falls.
The upper falls, however, can be viewed from US-129. The trail follows Frogtown Creek and, in the Spring, you are additionally rewarded by a landscape covered with various wildflowers.
How to get there:
From I-285 in Atlanta:
From I-285, take exit 27 onto GA-400
- Follow GA-400 north to exit 17 where the freeway ends and becomes US-19
- Continue on US-19 to DeSoto Falls State Park (about 5 miles north of the junction of US-19 and US-129 - which is Turner's Corner).
- DeSoto Falls State Park will be on your left.
From I-85 northbound (e.g., from Atlanta):
- Take I-85 north to I-985 and exit to 985.
- Follow I-985 to Exit 24 in Gainesville (US-129).
- Follow US-129 to Turner's Corner (Junction of US-19 and US-129)
- Continue north on the combined US-19/129 to the entrance of DeSoto Falls State Park (about 5 miles; it will be on your left).
From I-85 southbound (e.g., from Greenville SC):
- Take I-85 south to exit 160.
- Follow GA-51 west to the junction of US-441
- Turn right and follow US-441 to the junction of GA-105 (about 2 miles)
- Turn left and follow GA-105 to the junction of GA-115 and Colson Store (about 5.2 miles)
- Turn left onto GA-115 and follow it to the junction of US-129 in Cleveland (about 9 miles)
- Turn right and follow US-129 to its junction with US-19 at Turner's Corner (about 10 miles)
- Continue north on the combined US-19/129 to the entrance of DeSoto Falls State Park (about 5 miles; it will be on your left).
Note: The entrance to DeSoto Falls State Park is rather inconspicuous. If you see Vogel State Park, you've passed DeSoto Falls State Park.
Links to photos:
*For more wonderful photos and a preview of Jack Anthony's photographic book about Dahlonega, visit his web site:
www.jjanthony.com.
For more information:
Dade County Chamber of Commerce
111 Railway Lane
Trenton, GA 30752
706-657-4488
info@dadecogachamber.com
