Waterfalls of the Green River Gamelands
Fungi Falls, Turtle Rock Falls, Rainy Falls,
and some other new waterfall discoveries!
Polk County, North Carolina
Thursday, March 7th, 2019
Two fun guys at Fungi Falls
Matthew Perry was in town for the Carolina Nature Photographers Association annual conference here in Spartanburg, SC. I decided to take Thursday afternoon off from work to guide him to some of the lesser known waterfalls of the Green River Gamelands.
We started with Fungi Falls! Since the gated access road was open, we were able to drive most of the way there making for a much shorter hike.
Fungi Falls
Fungi Falls Selfie with Matt
Fungi Junior is on the small tributary that joins Ostin Creek just downstream from the main drop of Fungi Falls. Normally this is just a wet gully, but with good flow, it turns into a legitimate waterfall!
Fungi Junior Falls
Lower Fungi Falls
We explored downstream a bit, but did not find any additional major drops. Here is the GPS Track from our Fungi Falls Hike.
Next up was Turtle Rock Falls and Rainy Falls. Andy, Jennifer, and I found these a couple weeks ago and I wanted to show them off to Matt while the water flow in the area is still way above normal! I was also hoping to find the Sun Shade for my camera lens that I lost here during my initial visit a few weeks ago.
Turtle Rock Falls
Hepatica
Matt at Turtle Rock Falls
Mud Daubers inside Turtle Rock Cave
Me at Turtle Rock Falls
Rainy Falls
Matt at Rainy Falls
Here is the GPS Track from our hike to Turtle Rock Falls and Rainy Falls. The squiggle area is Turtle Rock Falls, and the track ends at Rainy Falls.
I noticed that the next stream to the SouthWest flows over the same cliff face as Turtle Rock Falls. So we decided to check it out! We found a few nice cascades and a couple of smaller low flow waterfalls, but nothing really spectacular!
Nice cascade along an un-named tributary stream
Nice cascade along an un-named tributary stream
Sharp Rock Falls
Rock Tree
Pretty Low Flow Waterfall
Another little low flow waterfall
We finished up our afternoon with pizza and beer at the Purple Onion in Saluda, NC
It was an awesome day to be outside!
And Matt did find my missing Lens Sun Shade at Turtle Rock Falls!
My complete set of photos is posted here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/8146392@N05/albums/72157679222131018
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