Sids Falls
I have some time off this week, and I've been planning a few adventures to fill the time. The previous day I went on a ramble in Spartanburg and Greenville Counties . Today's adventure, the second of three this week, is a visit to Sids Falls (or Sid's Falls) on the Shoulder Bone Branch near the Battle Creek community of Oconee County. Sids Falls is named in honor of Sid Ballenger Jr., an Oconee County teacher and waterfall enthusiast who spent many years, along with friends Maxine Duke and John Danner, exploring Oconee County for waterfalls. He compiled his knowledge into the first book about Oconee County waterfalls, Some Waterfalls, Shoals & Cascades of Oconee County, South Carolina . He died in 1991 at the age of 73. The original trail involved coming in from Long Creek Falls, but damage from a hurricane made that trail impassible. The current trailhead is at the gate for FS 2616 (Opossum Creek Road) off Damascus Church Road near Damascus Baptist Ch...