147 This is the Lower Falls (20') which is sometimes called Rock Creek Falls. Most people would think that this is the falls they were hiking to. There is a bigger and better falls above this one. The trail to the next falls is very steep, rocky but very short. It goes up the hill to the left of this falls. It is well worth the tough hike.
148 Rattlesnake Falls or Rainbow Falls or Chestnut Mountain Falls (60’)
149 Bluehole Falls and several falls At Old Stone Fort State Park near Manchester, TN Directions: Take I-24 W from Downtown for 70 miles Take exit 110 onto TN-53 S/Woodbury Hwy for 1 mile Turn right onto US 41 N for 0.8 miles Turn left onto Stone Fort Dr. for 0.7 miles The wall was built by Indians about 2000 years ago. The wall has a stone core covered with earth. It is at the junction of two rivers, the Big Duck River and the Little Duck River. There are several falls on both rivers. The trail around the perimeter of the ancient enclosure is 1-1/4 miles in length. There are about a dozen signs that tell about points of interest along the way. Be sure to start going left or clockwise along the trail. The trail is pretty flat and an easy hike. This dug-out canoe was near the entrance to the park.
150 There is a museum there but at times it must be open only on week-ends. Their map calls this man-made falls, Bluehole Falls. It is on the Big Duck River.
151 The next falls on the Big Duck River. The next falls on the Big Duck River. Their map calls this Big Falls and some call it Bluehole Falls.
152 This falls was coming out of the rocks.
153 This falls was on the Little Duck River. This is another falls on the Little Duck River.
154 This is a step falls on the Little Duck River. Lowry Falls (10’) Near Reliance, TN Directions: From Shallowford Road, take I-75 N for 14.7 mi. Take exit 20 onto US-64 E/US-74 E for 6.4 mi. Merge onto US-64 E/US-74 E toward Ocoee for 7.7 mi. Exit onto US 411 N for 11.9 miles Turn right onto TN-30 E for 2.4 mi. Pull into the Taylor’s Island parking area on your left. The trailhead is about 700’-800’ down the road on your right. It is best to walk on the left side of the road and watch for cars.
155 This is the Hiwassee River and Taylor’s Island on the left. Look for this sign, trail number 168.
156 This was a nice short hike with several nice cascades on the way. I got about 0.5 round trip. It gets pretty steep the closer you get to the last falls. The trail was well-worn and had a white blaze. This is the first cascade. This is the second cascade.
157 This is the third cascade. This is the fourth cascade.
158 This is Lowry Falls. The falls start at the big log on the top of the picture. The rod in the picture is 6.5’ tall.
159 Conasauga Falls (30'-40') Near Tellico Plains, TN Directions: From Shallowford Road take I-75 N for 30 mi. Take exit 36 onto TN-163 E for 2.3 mi. Turn right onto US-11 S for 0.6 mi. Turn left onto TN-163 E for 13 mi. Turn left onto US-441 N for 5.3 mi. Turn right onto Hwy 310/Mecca Pike/TN-39 E for 14.2 mi. Turn right onto TN-6 S for 2.8 mi. Turn right onto FR 341 for 2.9 miles (The pavement ends after 1 mi. after about 1.4 miles take a right and the road ends in another 0.5 miles) This was on the Conasauga Falls Trail #170. It was downhill all the way to the falls. It was about 300'-400' drop in elevation. It was about 1.5 miles round trip.
160 This is the trail marker at parking area. The trail was well-worn and marked with a white blaze. This is the first cascade. This is the second cascade.
161 This is Conasauga Falls and me. From here it is uphill all the way back to the parking area. They need benches along the way. There were two switch backs on the trail. Rainbow Falls (40’) Near Signal Mountain, TN It was supposed to be a hike to Julia Falls (100') too but there were no signs for the Julie Falls Overlook. There was an overlook rock ledge but you couldn't see any falls. You could see Edwards Point.
162 Directions: From downtown Chattanooga, TN – take US-127 N to Signal Mountain Road. and go 7 miles. Turn left onto Mississippi Ave and go 1.5 miles. Turn left onto Signal Mountain Blvd. and go 0.1 miles. Turn left onto Mississippi Ave again for 0.8 miles Continue onto James Blvd. for 0.2 miles. Turn left onto Signal Point Rd. for 0.3 miles. Park and walk down to the overlook. The trailhead is on your right going to the overlook. There is a restroom at the left of the parking lot. We went to the Middle Creek Bridge. The overlook was supposed to be at 0.4 miles. Rainbow Falls was supposed to be at 0.9 miles and there is no overlook.
163 You start by going down several sets of steps. The trail was marked with a white blaze and well-worn. The trail was about 75%- 80% climbing over boulders. Once at a large boulder, the trail seemed to disappear. We were supposed to go to the left around the boulder. There are several views of the Tennessee River.
164 That is the Tennessee River from an overlook. That is Edwards Point on the right.
165 There was a wooden suspension foot bridge at about 1.2 miles.
166 This is the sign at the Middle Creek Bridge. We were parked at Signal Point. As you can see, there are many trails from here. If you take the Ohio Ave. Trail you will come to the dam for Rainbow Lake.
167 This is the Middle Creek Bridge. It is 100 feet long.
168 This is Rainbow Lake Dam.
169 I think this is Rainbow Falls (40'). The signs say stay on the trail. You look down the steep bank and see a rope. Follow the rope to another rope. Keep going and you will find a nice view of the falls. Only go if you are in very good shape.
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171 Keown Falls (60’) Near Villanow GA Directions: At the I-24 / I-75 split take I-75 S for 8.4 miles. Take exit 348 onto GA-151 S and go 14.9 miles. Turn left onto GA-136 E and go 6.9 miles. Turn right onto Pocket Rd. and go 4.2 miles. Turn right onto FS-702 and go 0.6 miles. There is a parking area and a bathroom at the trailhead. Sometimes the falls is dry. Today it was a trickle. The trail was a 1.8 mile loop. It was well-worn and marked well going up. It is about a 415' climb to the observation deck. We didn't go another 485' climb to the next observation deck. We took the loop back. We saw 3 deer and 10 wild turkeys. The trail was marked with a white blaze going up to the falls and first observation deck. This is the view on the way up Johns Mountain.
172 This is the second bench at a switchback in the trail. There were 3 switchbacks going to the falls and 4 switchbacks coming back down the mountain. The first bench was 0.39 mi. The second bench was 0.65 mi. This is the view from a little higher up John's Mountain.
173 These steps mean you are almost to the falls and the first observation deck.
174 You may be able to see the trickle of Keown Falls. The loop trail goes under the falls to another falls that is about 40'. It was dry or a least a trickle.
175 This is the first observation deck. It is above the falls. You can't see much from here. I don’t know why they put it here. The observation deck was 0.85mi. Kahuna Falls (10’), Bald River Cascade (10’), Suislide Falls (35’) and Shallow Falls (15’) Trail #88 at Bald River Falls near Tellico Plains Directions: From Shallowford Rd. take I-75 N for 54.6 miles. Take exit 60 and go 0.4 miles. On TN-68 S and go 24.2 miles. Turn left onto TN-165 / Cherohala Skyway and go 5.2 miles Turn right onto River road and go 6.2 miles to the bridge at Bald River Falls. Parking is just past the bridge Trailhead is just past the parking area
176 This is Bald River Falls (90’), viewed from the bridge. This is Trail #88. There were no signs just these posts and a well-worn trail. No trees were blazed.
177 The start of the trail is a little steep. These are narrow gauge railroad tracks for posts and logging chains. There was a bench before the posts and chain.
178 This was a really nice set of steps after the posts and chain.
179 After the steps you come to a really nice bridge. At this point you are above the Bald River Falls.
180 This is Kahuna Falls (10’). This is the Bald River Cascade (10’).
181 This is Suislide Falls (35’). This is Shallow Falls (15’).
182 Mill Creek Falls (30’) Mill Creek Cascades and Upper Mill Creek Falls (~10’) Directions: Head South on I-75 S Take exit 341 Turn left on GA-201 N for 4.7 miles. Turn right onto GA-2/Prater Mill Road and go 12.2 miles Take a slight right onto Halls Chapel Road and go 2.2 miles Turn left onto Grassy Street for 0.4 miles Turn Right onto Crandall Ellijay Road and then left onto Mill Creek Road for 7 miles Park at the Hickey Gap camping area This was a nice hike but it was very steep getting to the bottom of the falls. It was a very short hike from the camp grounds (0.6 miles). There was a restroom at the camp grounds.
183 This is the start of Mill Creek Cascades. This was at the bottom of Mill Creek Cascades.
184 The trail was made by campers. It was unmarked but well worn. When you come to a big boulder, walk on the rocks in the creek to the left of the boulder. That is the easy way. DO NOT take the trail to the right of the boulder. You will be crawling under vines and it is the hard way. I would call this Upper Mill Creek Falls (maybe 10'). It is right above the bigger Mill Creek Falls.
185 Can you see the blue rope I had to take down this steep slope to the bottom of the falls? There is a yellow rope farther up the slope.
186 This is Mill Creek Falls (30’). You could feel the spray from the falls here. Tom Pack Falls (20’) and two cascades Directions: Head South on I-75 S Take Exit 2 for I-24 W 33.8 miles Take exit 152 onto Us-34/US-72 W for 1.4 miles Take slight right down the hill for 0.7 miles Take 3rd right onto 2nd Street for 14.4 miles Continue on for 2 miles Take a sharp left onto Lake Road for 0.6 miles Park on other side of the dam Look for sign near outhouse
187 We got to see three falls on this short hike. There were two signs. This one is near the outhouse and on the far side of the creek. We saw the other sign as we were leaving. It said 0.4 miles to the falls. It makes a loop. It is on the near side of the creek. The trail was well worn and not marked. We saw one white blaze coming back. When you get to an old road, go straight across the road to the trail.
188 This is the first foot bridge. This was a pretty good size cascade above the falls.
189 This was our first view of Tom Pack Falls. We got 0.6 miles to here. The trail follows along a bluff to a second foot bridge. The second foot bridge. It was the bridge to nowhere. We couldn't find a trail on the other side. It may have gone to the left to finish the loop. All the land to the right was marked private property.
190 Just beyond the bridge on the right side of the creek is this long cascade coming down the hill. It might be on private property. It was about 0.8 miles to here.
191 This is a better view of Tom Pack Falls (20’) Richey Ridge Falls (18’), Breaker Falls (12’) and Canyon Falls (65’) Directions: Get on I-75 Take Exit 4 onto TN-153 N for 12.4 mi. Merge right onto US-27 N/TN-111 N for 9.8 mi. Tae TN-111 N for 4.2 mi. Exit onto Jones Gap Road Take first right onto Heiss Mountain Road for about 0.5 mi. to the pull-off on your left.
192 This is the kiosk at the start of the hike. This was about a one mile hike one-way. Two of the falls were very difficult to get to. The trail is marked with a white blaze. This is Richey Ridge Falls (18'). This is usually a wet weather falls but we had a lot of rain.
193 This is the first bridge over Blanchard Creek. This is the second bridge.
194 This is Breaker Falls (12'). It wasn't too hard to get to this one.
195 This is on the Cumberland Trail.
196 This is the East Branch of Blanchard creek. It is very acidic from the strip mining that washes iron and sulfur into the creek. The rocks are a rust color. Don't drink the water here. This is Canyon Falls (65'). It is a long cascade. I couldn't get to the bottom and there was more to the right. This is three pictures of four. This was very difficult to get to. Only try it in the winter or early spring.