Four hikers met at the Cumberland trailhead in Prentice Cooper State Forest to walk 6.5 miles to Lawson’s Rock lookout via the Indian Rockhouse. We gradually descended 0.7 miles to reach the stone door rock staircase opening up into the Indian Rockhouse. The path led us along the edge of the rock bluff then dipped down on the side of the ridge with rock formations rising on our left. We crossed Sulphur Branch creek on a wooden bridge though the creek was nearly dry. Ascending again to the edge of the rocky ridge and after climbing over a blowdown, we reached Lawson’s Rock. There was a spectacular view of Suck Creek gorge with the Tennessee River in the distance. After a trail lunch on the Rock, we retraced our path back to the Trailhead on Tower Road.
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