Blue hole falls swimming holes georgia. Swimming is not permitted at the falls. High shoals falls continue 4 miles up the trail to high shoals falls for another swim. Spring fed lake with gravel bottom.
5 for the day with restrooms and lifeguards. Blue hole falls blue. Its also near the beloved town of helen so blue hole falls makes a nice side trip from your weekend trip to the bavarian themed village.
This review is for blue hole and high shoals falls because they are on the same hiking trail about 1 mile apart located on high shoals creek accessed by taking indian grave gap road forest service road 283 which a very narrow roughbumpy gravel. Need a gorp pass. Blue hole falls is pretty cool but high shoals falls definitely overshadows the two.
Be very careful here there are sometimes strong currents and. A few of the best lakes in georgia to consider visiting include lake allatoona lake blackshear lake rabun lake blue ridge lake seminole lake lanier and lake oconee to name a few. Blue hole falls indian grave gap road hiawasee take a one mile hike via the high shoals trail to a sweet little swimming hole complete with falls and an observation deck.
The water is fresh and clear so definitely remember to bring your swimsuit. It is a moderate hike and hiking poles helped me a lot. Takes about 1 2 hours to hike to see both falls.
There are two falls but the only one that appears to have a swimmable pool at the bottom is one called the blue hole falls. Small but deep fed from a blue hole. This is an excellent natural swimming area to bring the kids to because its a small area thats nice to splash around in.
Theres nothing better than a refreshing swim on a hot day and luckily georgia has plenty of natural swimming holes to cool off in this summer. Blue hole falls at pigeon mountain. Photo 1 photo 2.
The high shoals falls trail travels through a lush mossy creek valley to one of the largest and most beautiful waterfalls in north georgia. You will hit blue hole first and then high shoals further down. Waterfall you can stand under.
Cartersville georgia 6 contributions 5 helpful votes wonderful day with my girls enjoying nature. In fact many of the most popular swimming holes in georgia happen to also be inland lakes.