Visiting The Falls
The falls is accessible by a short hike starting in Gorges State Park & passing through Pisgah National Forest property. From NC 281, drive 1.6 miles (2.6 km) to a parking area & follow the trail-head at the corner of the lot.
Follow the orange blazes along the gravel path for approximately 20 minutes until you pass into the Pisgah National Forest. From there, follow the dirt trail for 15 minutes through a primitive campsite to Rainbow Falls & take the right fork for a 5 minute hike up to the falls.
Turtleback Falls is a popular place for swimming and people frequently slide over the falls into the Chug Hole during low water; however, the currents can be dangerous in higher flows and people have drowned at Turtleback, or have been swept downriver and over 125' Rainbow Falls. There have been many people killed this way. The latest death was a 28 year old woman in June 2010.
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—Bible: Hebrew Deuteronomy, 6:15.
The words are also found in Exodus 20:5, referring to the second commandment: “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image ... for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me.”
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