Hidden Veil Falls

  • Height: 52 feet
  • Type: Cascading free-fall into a twin slide
  • Stream: Tributary of Laurel Fork Creek
  • River Basin: Savannah River
  • Elevation: 2,124 feet
  • Landowner: South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
  • Recreational Area: Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve
  • State: South Carolina
  • County: Pickens
  • USGS Map: Eastatoe Gap
  • Difficulty: Strenuous to very strenuous
  • Accessibility: Road, bushwhack & creek-walk
  • Trail Blaze: None
  • Admission Fee: None
  • Hike Length: 2.5 miles
  • Waterfall GPS: 35.05291 -82.84788
  • Parking GPS: 35.04400 -82.83817
Understanding Waterfall Listings

Overview

If Hidden Veil Falls was cleaned up and trimmed a bit, it would be a beautiful waterfall.

Driving Directions

From Pickens, South Carolina. From the intersection of SC-183, head northwest on US-178 for 16.7 miles and turn left onto Laurel Valley Road, just after the bridge. Keeping right at the fork, drive 3.6 miles on Horse Pasture Road to Laurel Fork Gap and park on the left-side of the road in a small parking space near the intersection of Horse Pasture Road and Canebrake Road.
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From Rosman, North Carolina. From city center, head southwest on US-178 for 8.4 miles and turn right onto Laurel Valley Road, just before the bridge. Keeping right at the fork, drive 3.6 miles on Horse Pasture Road to Laurel Fork Gap and park on the left-side of the road in a small parking space near the intersection of Horse Pasture Road and Canebrake Road.

Low clearance vehicles will have a hard time on the Horse Pasture Road!

Hiking Directions

From the parking. If you must see this waterfall. Head up Canebrake Road for 0.37 miles to the junction of Foothills Trail and head left on the Foothills Trail. Follow the Foothills Trail for 0.7+ miles to Laurel Fork Creek and bushwhack upstream. Follow Laurel Fork Creek for 450+ feet to a creek that flows in from the left (35.05180 -82.84671) and follow that creek upstream for 500+ feet to the waterfall.

My GPS track can be found below. Click on the track name to be taken to the Gaia GPS website where you can save the track to your phone or computer.

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