Today may be a tale of two waterfalls. Having just visited the commercially protected and impressive Toccoa Falls, I've driven another fifteen or so miles to another waterfall in the area. Minnehaha Falls flows out of the mountains of northern Georgia and feeds the man-made Seed Lake. To get to the falls requires a drive down a rough and narrow gravel road alongside the lake, which seems to be populated by rather expensive homes. Once at the trailhead, I'm forced to maneuver the jeep to find a reasonable parking spot, as there are few other vehicles parked here. A quick change of shoes and I'm off.
The short quarter-mile trail starts with a steep wooden staircase up the hillside, before following a well-worn dirt trail deeper into the wooded hillside. Along the way, a number of small waterfalls carry a raging creek down the hillside. After a short distance though, I reach the primary waterfall, which is very impressive. The water cascades down 100' feet or so over a series of regularly placed natural steps. As water passes over the falls, it fans out and becomes wider at the bottom than at the top, before taking a quick turn to pass beside a naturally convenience viewing area. As opposed to the impressive Toccoa Falls and its "visitors center", this is a much more natural setting, which I greatly prefer.
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