The main challenge of the hike is getting to the trail head.  Starting at the Oconee County Courthouse in Walhalla (a recently built four-story brick and glass building on the 200 block of West Main Street), travel west on SC 28 toward Mountain Rest.  The road ascends steeply in approximately 4 miles and passes Yellow Branch Picnic grounds (left) and Stumphouse Tunnel Park (right) in 5 miles (these are worthwhile destinations themselves).  After passing the Sumter Ranger Station on the right at 5.6 miles, you come to a 4 way intersection with Whetstone Road at 6.0.  Bear left.  Follow this road 0.7 miles bearing left onto Cassidy Bridge Road and in 0.9 bear left onto US Forest Service Road 744 (gravel road).  Then 3.2 miles from this intersection bear right onto US Forest Service Road 744C (it is 0.1 miles after Road 7441 on the left with the Buzzards Roost hike).

A short distance on the left is a small grassy road that leads to an open area with a nice winter view of the back side of Rich Mtn and Currahee Mtn, near Toccoa GA (see photos below).  We recommend that you park and walk up this path a short distance to take in the view.

Follow road 744C for 2.5 miles until another road (#2658) bears right by a gate.  Park at the gate but don't block either road.

Summary  The hike begins by following the road for approximately 1/4 of a mile.  Then bear right onto a rutted dirt road that is blocked with granite boulders.  Follow this road for another 1/4 mile.  To the left will be a steep and dangerous faint path that leads steeply down hill to Cedar Creek and the bottom of Cedar Creek falls. The footing on this path is loose and when wet slippery.

At the creek, Cedar Creek falls is toward the right and the top of Blue Hole falls is toward the left.  To view Blue Hole falls involves more scrambling on a faint footpath.  We didn't visit but understand that you have to cross Cedar Creek and follow a path that roughly parallels Cedar Creek.  Waterfall Hikes of Upstate SC has more information about getting to Blue Hole falls.

For a more adventurous hike, at the granite blocks continue on the Forest Service road.  At the end of the road look along the edge for a faint path/road that leads down eventually to the Chauga River.  By the evidence along the river, this appears to be used by fishermen.

Total distance from start to Chauga River including waterfalls is approximately 1 mile.