The hike to Falls Branch Fall is a beautiful and easy trail which starts from the Stanley Creek Road. This is also a good trail to start and combined with the trek up to Rocky Mountain Trail. The trail also offers fishing areas as you move upstream to a double set of waterfalls where it will take you just a quarter mile to reach it. This trail is closest to the town of Blue Ridge, Georgia. To get here from Blue Ridge, proceed to old US 76 then to Aska Road. Take the south direction and move further approximate 8.2 miles to where you will meet the intersection at Stanley Creek Road.

Coming off 3.2 miles from the Stanley Creek Road, there is campsite near a small parking area just right after passing a wooden bridge over Falls Branch. The parking area is just a short distance after a farm owned by Forest Service fire warden Garfield Stanley. There is an old road at the left side of the parking lot which used to be a major road. Yet a short distance from the parking lot the trail splits into Jeffery Hell Trail at your right and Falls Branch Trail at your left.

The trail starts following the white diamond blazes of Benton MacKaye Trail where if you move further after reaching the falls, the trail proceeds to the southwest section to a climb up to Rocky Mountain. Along the trail you will see mountain laurel and rhododendron thriving on the creek’s bank. Taking the footpath to right after a little more than a quarter mile, you will reach Falls Branch. Coming from the first switchback on Benton MacKaye Trail, the path passes a sided trail and approaches to a narrow path.

The trail continues to an observation deck that offers a magnificent view of the water dropping from the top of this 75-foot waterfall. The upper section of Fall Branch Falls is where several cascades are seen; which then combine into one major stream before plunging into the base of the falls. Several species of wildlife live in this habitat where you may even see a wild turkey along the way. Just 30 yards above the waterfall, there is a small camping spot and picnic area where you can take a breather and bask at the spectacular eco-system around you.

If the trail is just too short and easy for you, some hikers move further the waterfalls and continue taking the Benton MacKaye trail for another two-mile ascent to Rocky Mountain. Nevertheless, the climb to it is gradual and can be rated from easy to moderate.