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title: "Man Airlifted After Fall From Top of Wildcat Falls"
url: https://www.heregreenville.com/2026/10/20/man-airlifted-after-fall-from-top-of-wildcat-falls/
date: 2026-10-20T05:24:36-04:00
modified: 2026-10-20T05:24:36-04:00
author: "Bishop Cleveland"
categories: ["Public Safety"]
site: "HERE Greenville"
attribution: "HERE Greenville"
---

# Man Airlifted After Fall From Top of Wildcat Falls

> GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. — A man was flown from the mountains of northern Greenville County with serious injuries Monday after a fall of 40 to 50 feet from the top of Wildcat Falls, county emergency officials said. Rescuers were called to the woods around the waterfall at about 2:15 p.m. Crews on the ground had

*Source: [HERE Greenville](https://www.heregreenville.com/2026/10/20/man-airlifted-after-fall-from-top-of-wildcat-falls/) — October 20, 2026 by Bishop Cleveland*

GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. — A man was flown from the mountains of northern Greenville County with serious injuries Monday after a fall of 40 to 50 feet from the top of Wildcat Falls, county emergency officials said.

Rescuers were called to the woods around the waterfall at about 2:15 p.m. Crews on the ground had to use ropes to bring the man out, and he was in the air on a medical flight shortly before 5 p.m. Greenville County Emergency Management worked the rescue alongside the River Falls Fire Department. His name and condition beyond serious injuries were not released.

Wildcat Falls sits at Wildcat Wayside, a roadside stop on Highway 11 run by the South Carolina Park Service, between Caesars Head and Jones Gap state parks. Visitors leave their cars in a big paved pull-off and climb a steep staircase next to a smaller cascade. From there a short, mostly easy path winds under pines and hemlocks to the bottom of a waterslide that drops about 130 feet.

State park managers have shut the route to the upper falls, citing a long list of earlier accidents there. The upper falls can still be seen from below without scrambling over the boulders, which the park service warns are dangerous.