Rockhouse Falls
- Height: 50+ feet
- Type: Cascading slide into twin cascades (twin cascades are hidden in caves)
- Stream: Tributary of Flat Creek
- River Basin: Great Pee Dee River
- Elevation: 434 feet
- Landowner: South Carolina Wildlife & Marine Resources Department
- Recreational Area: 40 Acre Rock Heritage Preserve
- State: South Carolina
- County: Lancaster
- USGS Map: Taxahaw
- Difficulty: Moderate to strenuous
- Accessibility: Trail & bouldering
- Trail Blaze: None
- Admission Fee: None
- Hike Length: 0.6 miles
- Waterfall GPS: 34.665403 -80.513048
- Parking GPS: 34.665341 -80.516971
Overview
I can't find a name for this waterfall, so I'm calling it Rockhouse Falls as the water flows through a giant rockhouse.
Driving Directions
From Kershaw, South Carolina. From the intersection of US-521 BUS, head east on US-601 for 8.5 miles and turn left onto Nature Reserve Road. Drive 0.8 miles and park on the right-side of the road in a small dirt area.
From Lancaster, South Carolina. From the intersection of US-521 BUS, head north on US-521 for 1.4 miles and take the SC-903 exit toward Lancaster/Hartsville and turn right onto SC-903 (Flat Creek Road). Drive 14.9 miles and merge onto US-601. Drive 1.5 miles and turn left onto Nature Reserve Road. Drive 0.8 miles and park on the right-side of the road in a small dirt area.
From Pageland, South Carolina. From the intersection of SC-9, head south on US-601 for 8.2 miles and turn right onto Nature Reserve Road. Drive 0.8 miles and park on the right-side of the road in a small dirt area.
From Lancaster, South Carolina. From the intersection of US-521 BUS, head north on US-521 for 1.4 miles and take the SC-903 exit toward Lancaster/Hartsville and turn right onto SC-903 (Flat Creek Road). Drive 14.9 miles and merge onto US-601. Drive 1.5 miles and turn left onto Nature Reserve Road. Drive 0.8 miles and park on the right-side of the road in a small dirt area.
From Pageland, South Carolina. From the intersection of SC-9, head south on US-601 for 8.2 miles and turn right onto Nature Reserve Road. Drive 0.8 miles and park on the right-side of the road in a small dirt area.
Hiking Directions
From the parking. Head east and follow a unmarked trail for 0.22 miles to a large bare rock. Head northeast across the rock and pick the trail back up and follow it to the creek. (You'll pop out at a unnamed waterfall, that I'm calling Little Cedar Falls.) Head downstream and carefully rock hop and boulder your way on the left-side of the creek to a house size cave made by huge boulders. Head through the cave and climb up the rocks to get up the hillside to proceed downstream 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.
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.
