47 Upper Greeter Falls (15’), Lower Greeter Falls (50’) and Upper Broadtree Falls (30’) Near Altamont, TN Directions: Take I-24 W about 44 mi. Take exit 135 onto US-41 N/US-64 W/Dixie Lee Hwy for 0.6 mi. Turn right onto Fairmont Ave. for 0.2 mi. Take slight right onto TN-56 N/Us-41 S/Tracy Rd. for 5.3 mi. Turn left onto TN-56 N/Clair St. for 16mi. Turn right onto Greeter Falls Rd. for 0.7 mi. to parking lot Greeter fall was named for the Greeter Family, who sold the land to the state as a natural area. The trail was about 2.0 miles to all three falls. The trail is rated moderate. You will see an old homestead, a spiral stairs and three falls. The homestead was mostly underground. It may have been two rooms. The trails were well worn and well-marked. A side trail goes to a blue hole for swimming.
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52 Upper Greeter Falls
53 Spiral stairs to Lower Greeter Falls
54 Lower Greeter Falls
55 Upper Broadtree Falls Upper (80’) & Lower (40’) Piney Falls Near Grandview, TN Directions: From 4th St. take US-27 N for 21 mi. Exit onto US-27 N for 32.2 mi. Take loop to the right onto TN-68 N for 4.6 mi. Take a sharp left onto Firetower Rd. for 1.5 mi. to parking lot on the right
56 This trail is about a 2 mile balloon loop. The trail is well worn but not marked very well. It is steep in parts. It is rated easy and most of it may be. You will see a fire tower, a cascade and two water falls. When you get to the loop (about 0.6 mi.), a right goes to the Upper Piney and a left goes to the Lower Piney. You can walk behind Upper Piney Falls. Lower Piney Falls is better seen in the winter when there are fewer leaves. Fire tower and cell towers
57 Upper Piney Falls
58 View from under Upper Piney Falls
59 Lower Piney Falls
60 Cascade above Upper Piney Falls
61 Mill Creek Falls (30’) Near Crandall, GA Directions: From I-24 E take exit 185A onto I-75 S and go 20.8 mi. Take exit 336 onto US-41 S/US-76 E for 6.1mi. Turn left onto GA-52E/US-76 E for 8.3 mi. Turn left onto US-411 N/N 3rd Ave. for 5.8 mi. Turn right onto Grassy St. for 0.4 mi. (cross railroad) Turn right onto Crandall Ellijay Rd. for 500 feet Turn left onto Mill Creek Rd. /FS-630 for 6.5 mi. to parking lot near Hickey Gap It was beautiful but a part of the trail was only about 4 feet tall. We had to bend down through there. At the falls there were ropes to go down the steep part to the bottom of the falls. Bring your own ropes or don't try it after a rain. It was very slick and steep. Keep looking for bears. There were lots of little falls and cascades on the way to the falls. The trail is not marked but it was well worn so you didn't have much trouble finding the trail. Head downstream about 0.5 miles to Mill Creek Falls. I had to go down three ropes to the bottom of the falls. It was very steep and very slick. I only fell once at the bottom. There is a rope hanging from the tree where you can swing out and drop into the pool of water.
62 From here it is about 0.5 miles downstream to Mill Creek Falls
63 Nice cascade
64 We had to walk under this
65 A nice long cascade
66 Mill Creek Falls
67 Fall Creek Falls (256’) Cane Creek Falls (85’), Cane Creek Cascades (45’) and Piney Creek Falls (75’) Near Pikeville, TN Directions: Take TN-153 N Merge onto US-27 N/TN-111 N for9.8 mi. Continue onto TN-111 N for 36.5 mi. Take exit right onto TN-284 E 1 mi. then left 0.2 mi Take 1st right onto TN-284 E for 10.7 mi. Take left onto Village Camp Rd. to the Betty Dunn Nature Center. We took a tour of the Nature Center. We hiked 1.1 miles from the Nature Center to Fall Creek Falls and found out there was a parking lot over there near the overlook. You will get to go over a suspension bridge and several bridges. We saw deer but no bears. We saw some beautiful birds (red, black and white). They were some type of wood pecker.
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69 Cane Creek Falls
70 Cane Creek Cascades
71 Suspension Bridge
72 Another bridge
73 Yet, another bridge
74 Fall Creek Falls
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76 Burgess Falls (Big Falls 136’), First Falls (30’) and Middle Falls (80’) Near Sparta, TN Directions: Head north on TN-153 N Merge onto US-27 N/TN-111 for 9.8 mi. Continue onto TN-111 N for 53.9 mi. Take slight right onto TN-111 N for 8.8 mi. Take exit to left onto TN-135/Burgess Falls Rd. for 7.1 mi. Turn left before you cross the lake in the parking lot. What an awesome falls. There were two cascades and three falls. There was a 20’ cascade above First Falls. The distances on the sign at the parking lot must be round trip. It was 0.34 miles to the Big Falls from the parking lot. The trail was well marked and well-traveled. There is another cascade above Burgess Falls. There is and overlook at Burgess (Big) Falls but you can take a trial down to the bottom. We didn’t make it all the way. There are long steps to the bottom of the falls and a pretty rough trail after the steps. We took the easy way back on the gravel road. We were almost run over by two deer.
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79 The distances can’t be right; we made it round trip about 1 mile
80 First Falls
81 Nice trail
82 Middle Falls
83 Cascade above Burgess (Big) Falls
84 Burgess (Big) Falls
85 Stairs to base of Burgess Falls
86 The easy service road way back
87 Pocket Branch Falls Near Lafayette, GA Directions: At the I-24 E/I-75 split, take exit 185A onto I-75 S for 2.8 mi. Take exit 353 onto GA-146 W/Cloud Springs Rd. for 3.2 mi. Turn left onto Fant Dr. for 0.4 mi. Turn right onto GA—2 W/Battlefield Pkwy for 1.3 mi. Continue on US-27 S/GA-1 S for 4.6 mi. Turn right onto Osburn Rd. for 1.1 mi. Turn right onto 5 Points Rd. for 0.7 mi. Continue onto Lea Ave, for 0.7 mi. Continue onto GA-341 S/Cove Rd for 9.8 mi. Continue onto Hog Jowl Rd. for 2.7 mi. Turn left onto Pocket Rd. for 1.2 mi. to parking lot. After turning down Pocket Rd. you run out of pavement after about a mile. You will have to ford a small creek with your vehicle. At the parking lot you will see the Shirley Miller Wildflower Trail. It is an 800 foot boardwalk loop. At the far end of the loop you will see a well-worn but not well marked trail to the falls.
88 Take the Pocket Wildflower Trail
89 The boardwalk trail; beautiful when the flowers are in bloom
90 Trail to falls; well-worn
91 Pocket Branch Falls; not much water the day we went
92 Twin Falls (80’) & Great Falls (20’) At Rock Island State Park Directions: From TN-153 N Merge onto US-27 N/TN-111 N for 9.8 mi. Continue on TN-111 N for 29.9 mi. Turn left onto TN-8 N for 17 mi. Turn right onto Old Shellsford Rd. for 1.3 mi. Turn right onto TN-127 N for 3 mi. Turn left onto TN-30 W for 0.2 mi. Take 1st right onto TN-1 E/US-70 S for 7 mi. Turn left onto TN-136 N for 2.4 mi. Turn left after crossing bridge onto Power House Rd. for 2.2 mi. at parking lot for Twin Falls Head back on Power House Rd. for 2.2 mi. Turn right onto TN-136 S for 1.2 mi. Take 2nd right onto TN-287 S for 1.3 mi. Turn right into parking lot for view of Great Falls. There wasn’t much hiking here. Twin Falls (80 feet): The water pours out of the gorge wall about 80 feet above the Caney Fork River and about 40 feet below the top of the gorge. This falls was created by accident by man. To view Twin Falls you have to cross the river and to view Great Fals you have to go on the other side of the river. There was a falls coming out of the gorge wall between Twin Falls and Great Falls. There was a Spring Castle on the way to Great Falls and below the dam.
93 Dam above Twin Falls and Great Falls
94 Twin Falls
95 Left side of Great Falls
96 Right side of Great Falls