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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Watson, Melissa.

Hiking waterfalls in Georgia and South Carolina : a guide to the states' best waterfall hikes / Melissa Watson.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-0-7627-9712-7

1. Hiking--Georgia--Guidebooks. 2. Hiking--South Carolina--Guidebooks. 3. Waterfalls--Georgia--Guidebooks. 4. Waterfalls--South Carolina--Guidebooks. 5. Georgia--Guidebooks. 6. South Carolina--Guidebooks. I. Title.

GV199.42.G46W38 2011

917.5--dc23

2011026400

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