Itinerary
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Stop At: Fall Creek Falls State Park, Fall Creek Falls State Park, Tennessee
On this full-day adventure we journey approximately 2.5 hours east of our Nashville meet up location deep into the heart of the Cumberland Plateau. Don’t worry, we’ll make a brief pitstop about halfway along our journey for an opportunity to stretch and use the “potty” lol.
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Stop At: Cane Creek Falls, 2009 Village Camp Road, Fall Creek Falls State Park, TN 30533-7304
We begin our adventure Cane Creek Falls (85') and Cascades (45'). There is a short walk from the parking lot the observation deck and nature center. There is a also a short but fairly steep trail to the creek bed near the base of the cascades. We will explore this area for about 30-45 minutes before crossing cane creek via a suspended bridge.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Cane Creek Falls Overlook Trail, Tennessee 37367, USA
After an exhilarating crossing of Cane Creek suspension bridge we hike the gorge rim to Cane Creek Falls Overlook. This is a cliff based vantage point high above Cane Creek offering stunning views of 85 foot tall Cane Creek Falls and the impressively tall Rockhouse Falls measuring in at 125 feet.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Rocky Point Overlook Trail, Tennessee 37367, USA
As we continue our hike to to the star attraction of this trip, Fall Creek Falls, we will take a short but intense spur trail to Rocky Point Overlook. Accessing this overlook requires some rather serious rock scrambling but that just adds to the fun. The effort you put in to getting here will be rewarding with gorge-ouse views of the canyon-like gorge system below.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Fall Creek Falls Overlook, Tennessee 37367, USA
After taking in the views from Rocky Point, we continue our gorge rim adventure towards the feature attraction, Fall Creek Falls. We will stop at the famous Falls Creek Falls overlook. We'll spend a bit of time here to allow ample opportunity to soak in the spectacle of these truly amazing waterfalls - Fall Creek Falls measuring an astonishing 256' and its neighboring fall, Coon Creek Falls at 250'. Both of these falls are some of the tallest waterfalls East of the Rocky Mountains and each have impressive shear vertical drops of 250 feet or more.
Note: restrooms are also located in this area.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Fall Creek Falls, Spencer, TN
Now the real adventure begins as we make the steep and rocky 1/3 mile trek to the base of Fall Creek Falls for impressive views looking up at this gigantic 256ft tall waterfall and its skinnier cousin Coon Creek Falls at 250ft tall. If you adventurous enough, then you might even be able to hike to the backside of the falls for a view few will ever experience. After taking time to thoroughly absorb this other worldly experience, we then hike back up to the top of the gorge. This is another short opportunity to take in views from the overlook and use the restroom.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Snackbar Grill, Pikeville, TN 37367, USA
Lunch at the Snackbar Café is included (subject to its operating schedule and based on our menu below)
Cheeseburger, fries (or tots), and drink
Chicken tender sandwich, fires (or tots) and drink
Chicken tenders (4pcs), fries (or tots) and drink
Hot Dog or Corn Dog, fries (or tots) and drink
5 chicken wings, fries (or tots) and drink
Personal pizza with unlimited toppings and drink
House salad (with or without fried chicken) and medium drink
The café offers other menu items and these may be purchased at your expense.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Betty Dunn Nature Center, 10821 Park Rd, Pikeville, TN 37367, USA
Next we take a forest trail back to the nature center parking lot. Along the way we will once again cross over the Cane Creek suspended bridge.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Piney Creek Falls, access via State Route 68 Fall Creek Falls on park loop road, Spencer, TN
After refueling and recharging at the Snack Bar Café, we board our minibus and journey down Scenic Loop Road towards Piney Creek Falls. Here we will venture down the Piney Creek Falls Overlook trail where you will have an opportunity to view the 95 foot tall Piney Creek Falls. The trail continues and crosses Piney Creek via another suspended bridge. If water level are low enough, then we might be able to hike out to the top of Piney Creek Falls for a view few hiker ever experience.
Duration: 1 hour
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