Wildcat Wayside - Hiking area in Cleveland - 5500 Geer Hwy, USA

Nice easy trail with 3 different waterfalls! The first two you see right away, 1 you can actually see from the road. The third is a big 100ft rock face, but TR and go after a food rain to see a waterfall here. First few times I went, there was very little water coming of this one. The only tricky part is the small root riddled trail to get up to the base of the upper falls. Great hike for all ages!

Easy to find trail, beautiful views all around you. The trail isn't hard to hike and doesn't take too long to loop around it. It's a great place to see the waterfalls and walk the trail to burn some of these holiday calories.

Nice loop hiking trail with three falls on it. It's better after a good rainfall and pretty easy to hike.

This is a great waterfall just off the road. There is no parking lot, but there is a pull off on the side of the road with a few spots to park your car. There is a nice walking trail that is well marked, if you choose to walk it. Open during daylight hours.

This is a great starter trail for younger kids. There's a place for them to cool off before or after. And when it's been raining, a pretty impressive waterfall hidden away on the trail. Parking is difficult but worth the stop!

great short easy hike right off the side of the road

Wildcat Wayside is a small roadside park in Mountain Bridge Wilderness, right along Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway. Originally Greenville Roadside Park, it was built in the early 20th century by the National Park Service as one of six wayside parks in SC. Wildcat Branch Falls is easily visible from the road. The waterfall has two sections and you can climb down from the road to the shallow pool at the base and splash around in the water. A path on the left leads up to the upper section. The trail continues past an old chimney, all that remains of the original wayside park and then makes a loop. At the far end of the loop is Upper Wildcat Branch Falls, a tall waterfall down a cliff. It's high up so will only be impressive in high water. Use caution in this area and don't climb on the cliffs. The trail also passes a third waterfall on a tributary of Wildcat Branch. This one isn't very impressive but you'll pass it hiking the loop. Overall, the loop is around 1 mile and pretty easy. Overall, a great place to stop and stretch you legs along the scenic highway.

We stopped to look at the roadside fall, and then found the trail to the bigger one that was back in aways. It a great trail to walk, with a few areas to climb. It’s easy enough though our 5 years old daughter made it. Once you get back to the bigger fall, you won’t be disappointed.