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Amadahy Falls - Rendezvous Mountain Educational State Forest, NC

1,405 views · Published 13 January 2018 · 14:13 · Indexed 11 October 2026

Channel: Zachary Robbins · 2018 · Travel & Events

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A revisit plus exploratory hike in Rendezvous Mountain Education State Forest, NC. I first visited Rendezvous Mountain 2.5 years ago, and utilized the Talking Trees Trail to hike over 1 mile to officially tag the summit. Since then, the Amadahy Waterfalls Trail has been completed to form a loop with the Mountain Ridge Trail, affording a longer hike for people like me who like to work for peakbags. There is little information on Amadahy Falls, so I wanted to check it out.

The Amadahy Waterfalls Trail begins at the Forestry Center a few hundred yards below the summit. It follows a forest road and is blazed frequently. After a mile it plunged steeply down to Purlear Creek, crossing it twice quickly then ascended above a small gorge with huge boulders trailside. From the trail you can clearly see a portion of Amadahy Falls, but I wanted to see if there was more below in the narrow chasm. I backtracked and made my way up the creek through much rhododendron and deadfall. It turns out everything hidden from view is not worth seeing. The upper half of the slide is beside open terrain, and it would've been easier to slide down the steep banks to the upper section. The waterfall itself is a series of slides, maybe 40-45 feet total. The creek is really small though, these slides are not a noteworthy destination in my opinion.

After the waterfall the trail closely follows Purlear Creek, crossing it and its tributaries 9 times total. No worries though, this creek is very small. After the last crossing the trail ascends steeply to the ridge, ending at the Mountain Ridge Trail. The trail follows an old jeep trail to the summit. Rendezvous Mountain is the highest peak on this long east-west ridge at 2,466 feet. The 59.25-foot steel Aermotor tower was built in 1936 and remains in good condition. However, the tower is off limits because of a large microwave dish emitting frequency fields in excess of FCC exposure standards. If the skies were clear I would've ignored this and quickly climbed up for some views, but the clouds were too thick to bother.

Hike was 4.6 miles in 2 hours and 20 minutes.

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