Bad Branch State Nature Preserve

Bad Branch Falls

It's a small flow but high falls. It is an easy 1/2 mile ultra scenic walk, with the last 1/4 mile a hard climb through a rock garden. The real treat here is if you walk another 2 miles to High Rock ...

Bad Branch Falls

It's a small flow but high falls. It is an easy 1/2 mile ultra scenic walk, with the last 1/4 mile a hard climb through a rock garden. The real treat here is if you walk another 2 miles to High Rock ...

beautiful unspoiled walk to it.

It is about a mile of smooth walking with the last 1/4 mile a lung busting rocky climb. It parallels a beautiful cold trout stream, especially beautiful in the dead of winter. The area around the top ...

beautiful unspoiled walk to it.

It is about a mile of smooth walking with the last 1/4 mile a lung busting rocky climb. It parallels a beautiful cold trout stream, especially beautiful in the dead of winter. The area around the top ...

Brilliant Color! Rushing Falls!

Reviews of Bad Branch consistently recount exceedingly satisfactory hiking above and along a musical stream flowing through a lush rhododendron and loblolly forest; more often than not, hikers also vo...