Another visit to Rocky Bottom Gorge Falls

Back in February and March, I visited Rocky Bottom in northern Pickens County along U.S. 178 to explore old logging roads and waterfalls, but an area that big can't be thoroughly explored in one day. This time I went back to explore more of the area in Rocky Bottom I've explored about a year ago, Spencers Alley and Hunter Camp Road.

I parked off the side of a wide part of Spencers Alley near a green gate, now open for the season. I spent most of the late morning to mid-afternoon hiking down old logging roads and whacking my way though thorny patches of blackberry vines.

After returning to my car and relaxing a while, I found I still had time to visit a section of Rocky Bottom Creek containing one of my favorite obscure waterfalls: Rocky Bottom Gorge Falls.

I visited this same waterfall back in April 2018. I took the same way I found back then to reach Rocky Bottom Creek, a short distance downstream from an old dam I found back in March. This area also happens to just downstream of a good looking waterfall obscured by rhododendrons. I crossed to the other side of the creek and made my way upstream to get this shot:
I also spotted a cave on the other side under a cliff.
I bushwacked my way back a short distance downstream to where I knew Rocky Bottom Gorge Falls was located. I took a few photos:
I also took a two videos with my phone and edited into one later on. I intended to only post them to my Instagram account so I took them in portrait. The video looks fine there since Instagram trims the letterboxing, but here it looks a bit off:
About 1000 or so feet downstream is another interesting waterfall, named Rock Bottom Falls, but reaching it through the many downed trees would have taken too much time to get there and back before it got dark.

One of these fine days I'll have to explore how to get to Rock Bottom Falls now that fallen trees block the easy path. My best bet coming from US 178 is a probably an old logging road up above the cliff I found during my last trip to Rocky Bottom Creek.

I shared my few photos from this visit to the album Another Visit To Rocky Bottom Gorge Falls - April 2019 at Google Photos.

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  1. UnknownJuly 22, 2021 at 8:48 PM

    Hey! I've been researching "rare" waterfalls (finding and photographing them) and several times I've found myself led back to this blog and was curious if you'd like to get in touch?
    -Jefferson Bargeron IV
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