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Toccoa Falls
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Toccoa Falls are the signature of Toccoa Falls College. At 186 feet, 10 feet taller than Niagara Falls, the falls take a spectacular vertical drop into a rocky pool. A stream flows from the base of the falls through the lower section of the 11,000-acre wooded campus.
On November 6th, 1977, a dam above the falls gave way killing thirty-nine members of the Toccoa Falls College community. A memorial has been erected at the site of the falls remembering the lives lost on that day. The following links provide additional information regarding this event:
US Geological Society
Toccoa Falls College
Gospelcom.net History
Visitors can take a stroll along a sidewalk for a few hundred feet to view the falls, making it easy for all ages to take part in this grand creation.
Entrance to the falls can be found by going through the Gate Cottage Gift Shop at the back of Toccoa Falls College Campus. The Gift Shop charges a nominal fee of $1 for adults, $.50 for Senior Citizens and Free for Children 12 and younger. The falls are open daily from dawn until dusk.
Toccoa Falls College is located on GA Hwy. 17, just northwest of Toccoa, Georgia.
For more information regarding this beautiful site, please call (706) 886-7299, Ext. 5215.
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