At 186 feet, Toccoa Falls is not the tallest waterfall in Georgia, but I believe it is the longest single plunge. Certainly it's dramatic.
There were quite a few turkey vultures (and at least one black, though it didn't end up in any of our photos) soaring immediately above the falls when we were here; I suspect the falling water displaces air, creating an updraft, for this did not seem to be random, happenstance gathering.
After its long drop from the ledge, Toccoa Creek winds through the campus of its namesake college and north of the town of Toccoa, eventually emptying into Lake Hartwell, which is itself an impoundment of the Savannah River. So while I did not realise it at the time, the water pouring into the plunge pool eventually passes the Savannah docks, Cockspur Island, and Tybee Island...where we had been just a couple of days earlier.
Photos by Mark & Jessica Farrell-Churchill. Maybe just one more...
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