Twenty hikers enjoyed beautiful spring-like weather at Fall Creek Falls State Park Tuesday, February 28, 2023. First we hiked the Base of the Falls Trail. Here we experienced the roaring Fall Creek Falls as we descended into the gorge featuring tall rock walls, a massive rock house, the cascading Fall Creek and large Hemlocks. Recent abundant rainfall produced excellent flow on all the waterfalls we visited: Fall Creek Falls, Coon Falls, Cane Creek Falls, Rockhouse Falls, Cane Creek Cascades and Piney Falls. We crossed two suspension bridges on the Overlook Trail and the Piney Falls Trail. The Overlook Trail bridge stretches across Cane Creek and Cane Creek Cascades. The second bridge crosses beautiful Piney Creek. Our day included visiting many overlooks, including Fall Creek Falls Overlook, Fall Creek Gorge, Cane Creek Gorge, Cane Creek Falls Overlook, Caplenor Point, Millikan’s Overlook and Buzzard’s Roost. We enjoyed a picnic lunch on picnic tables near Cane Creek Cascades and the Nature Center. Joan Hartvigsen was our hike leader and Tom McElhone served as “sweep”. Tom did an excellent job of keeping track of all twenty of us!
This hike was just over four miles and lasted 4 hours and 15 minutes.
If you would like to see a bunch of photos including maps and altitude graph, taken during this hike click here or on the picture above.
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