Falls on Double Branch
11-21-04 - Kevin Adams told me about this waterfall a couple of weeks ago. We were on a road passing over Double Branch when he mentioned it. For now I think I'll make you work a little if you want to see this one. Get out your Pisgah Forest trail map and try to find Double Branch. If you find it you'll see a state road that crosses it. We parked on the west side of the creek. Kevin had talked with Bernie about this one and he said to go down the 2nd trail on the left past the bridge, so that's what we did. The waterfall is somewhere in between the road and Parker Creek.
I'm not sure if we went the best way, but we didn't have to do much scrambling off trail to see the falls. The falls is maybe 40' high all together, but the only good place to see it from is a boulder directly in front of the falls. I had to use a wide angle lens to get the above shot, so the upper portion appears farther away than it actually is. I had to lean out and look down to see the bottom section of the falls. The next shot is from down at creek level.
While you're down there, you might want to explore a ways down Parker Creek. We didn't find any waterfalls, but a section of the creek flows over smooth bedrock and reminded us of parts of Panthertown Valley - except the water was crystal clear. Here's Harry trying to reach the bottom of a crevice with a hiking stick.
