Connestee Falls Natural Resources Stewardship
Connestee Falls Hiking
Trail Status Update May 2025
Post Helene work continues as Trail Builders and Stewards work diligently to make the trails accessible and safe. The Salola Trail team is routinely clearing tall tree jumbles and the Equestrian Trail team is reviving the Island Trail once again.
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The area below Ticoa Dam at Batson Creek had been a major project lasting many months in wet and cold weather. Some trail diversions in this area have been made both as a result of Helene and from the Trail Builders as well. Improvements have been made on all trails. Bridges have been rebuilt. Middle Falls Trail has a 200ft reroute due to the bridge washout. And now the Trail Builders have moved to the Carson Creek Trail switchback area. In general, trees continue to pull out of the ground with each rainy and windy event.
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Please hike carefully and remember that the Lower Carson Creek Loop
is unstable and remains closed.
Few private communities, or public parks for that matter, can rival the hiking trails at Connestee Falls. Ranging from easy to moderately strenuous, our hiking trails wind through and around the community’s many forested areas offering views of creeks, waterfalls, lakes and mountain vistas. The trail system is extensive and quite elaborately planned and maintained, including parking areas at main trailheads. Look for the symbol “P” on the trail maps to locate each trailhead’s parking area. Our 20+ miles of trails are lovingly maintained by the Connestee Falls Trail Builders and Trail Stewards.
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Visit the Connestee Falls Hikers Website
Connestee Falls Hiking Trails Guide (pdf)
20 Miles of CF Trails Are Now Digital!
The Trail Builders have recently updated and expanded the CALTOPO digital trail maps for all 20 miles of Connestee Falls' hiking trails. The trails have been divided into four digital maps: Connestee Northside Trails, Salola Trail System, Oakanoah Trails and Ecusta Trails. “Connestee Northside Trails” map includes the Amakola Trail System, Kelley Mountain Trail, and Equestrian Trail. The “Salola Trail System” map includes the Salola Trail as well as Tall Pines Trace Trail (Batson Farm Historic Site). The “Oakanoah Trail” map is limited to this trail. The “Ecusta Trail” map includes both the Ecusta and Tshakanawi Trails
