Category Archives: North East Georgia Trails

Distance: 2.2 miles round trip
Difficuly: Easy

 The trail head is located on 1.3 miles along Richard B. Russell Scenic Highway which can be reached from Alt Hwy 75 near Helen, GA. There are plenty of parking spaces for this popular trail. You might want to consider combining this hike with Raven Cliff Falls which is about a mile further up on the Scenic Highway away from Alt 75.

The trail is very well defined and is a gradual downhill to the falls. There are a number of switchbacks and the beginning part includes some boardwalk and some steps.

At the end of the trail there are some boardwalks and two viewing decks which give great views of the Falls.

Hiking this trail is best done in the Spring and Fall to take advantage of the Spring rains and the Fall colors.

Dukes Creek Falls Trail

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Dukes Creek Falls Trail 34.702039, -83.791292 Dukes Creek Falls Trail Distance: 2.2 miles Difficulty: Easy Website: Dukes Creek Recreation Area

Hiking Distance: 5 miles round trip
Difficulty: Easy/Moderate

The trail head is located on 2.3 miles along Richard B. Russell Scenic Highway which can be reached from Alt Hwy 75 near Helen, GA. There are plenty of parking spaces for this popular trail. You might want to consider combining this hike with Dukes Creek Falls which is about a mile back on the Scenic Highway toward Alt 75.

Hiking this trail is best done in the Spring and Fall to take advantage of the Spring rains and the Fall colors. However be prepared for it to be busy especially when you reach the final destination of Raven Cliffs. The trail is fairly easy as it mostly runs alongside Dodd Creek. There are several small foot bridges to cross. If you look carefully as you hike this trail there are a number of small waterfalls and with a short detour off the main trail you can get very close to them. At 2.5 miles you will reach Raven Cliffs which again has a waterfall. There is a way to scale the cliffs by making use of the tree roots between the rocks but this is getting harder to do as a lot of people have done this and the roots are deteriorating. At the top of the cliffs is another trail but it eventually dead ends into the brush.

Raven Cliff Falls Trail

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Raven Cliff Falls Trail 34.710503, -83.788004 Raven Cliff Falls Trail Hiking Distance: 5 miles Difficulty: Moderate Website: Raven Cliff Falls trailhead