South Carolina
Great Falls of Catawba
41 mi from Columbia · ~1.2 hr drive
No height recorded
Great Falls of Catawba is a named waterfall in South Carolina — about 41 miles from Columbia, SC. Full visit details below.
- State
- South Carolina
- Nearest city
- Columbia, SC · 41 mi · ~1.2 hr drive
- Coordinates
- 34.5790°, -80.8779°
- County
- Chester
From Wikipedia: The Great Falls of the Catawba River mark the point at which the river encounters a series of rapids while coursing across the Piedmont Plateau on the border of Lancaster County, South Carolina, and Chester County, South Carolina, near the town of Great Falls. The Great Falls are located about 55 miles south of Charlotte. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Great Falls (Catawba River), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting Great Falls of Catawba
The exact location is at 34.5790°, -80.8779° — open in Google Maps for driving directions from your location.
Before you go: check current conditions with the appropriate land manager — state parks department, U.S. Forest Service ranger district, or National Park Service unit. Trail access, parking, water levels, and seasonal closures all vary. Several waterfalls in our database are seasonal and may run dry between mid-summer and the next rainy season.
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Stay nearby
Driving in? The nearest documented metro is Columbia, SC — 41 miles away (~1.2 hr drive).
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Sources
Location and tag data for Great Falls of Catawba comes from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL license) ; the Wikipedia article linked above provides additional history. We do not modify the underlying data — this page presents what's already publicly recorded. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page or contact us.