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Southeast Tennessee: Cookeville to Tellico Plains 3-5 Day Waterfall Road Trip

Posted on March 11, 2021 Written by Tracy Wimberly Leave a Comment

City Lake Falls

This waterfall 3-5 day trip includes 22 different waterfalls and is around 6.5 hours of drive time. Some of the sights do include fees, including Ruby Falls and Lover’s Leap/High Falls (located inside Rock City), so check ahead. Depending on how early you start each day and how close you stay to the next stop… [Read More]

Filed Under: 3 to 5 Day Trip Tagged With: Baby Falls, Bald River Falls, Burgess Falls, Burgess Falls State Park, Cane Creek Falls, City Lake Falls, Fall Creek Falls, Greeter Falls, Kahuna Falls, Lost Creek Falls, Piney Creek Falls, Rockhouse Falls, Ruby Falls, Southeast Tennessee Waterfall road trip, Southeast Tennessee waterfalls, Tellico Plains waterfall, Waterloo Falls

Northeast Tennessee 3-5 Day Waterfall Road Trip

Posted on March 8, 2021 Written by Tracy Wimberly 1 Comment

Looking for some adventure while looking at this year’s beautiful Fall leaves in northeast Tennessee? Then look no further. This waterfall road trip has it all. While the drive time is under 5 hours, there’s a lot to see and hike along the way. Backbone Falls Our trip begins in Bristol, Tennessee at Backbone Falls,… [Read More]

Filed Under: 3 to 5 Day Trip Tagged With: 3-5 day waterfall road trip, Backbone Falls, bays mountain, Big Creek Falls, Blue Hole Falls, dolan branch falls, laurel run, Lower Spivey Falls, margarette falls, Middle Spivey Falls, Millstone Creek Falls, pine ridge falls, Sill Branch Falls, tennessee waterfall road trip, Tennessee waterfalls

Georgia Waterfall Day Trip

Posted on August 21, 2020 Written by Tracy Wimberly Leave a Comment

Tallulah Falls

Like most of our waterfall day trips, this one is family friendly. While this waterfall road trip clocks in at just over one hour, it will take almost a full day to enjoy all that each waterfall has to offer. Bull Sluice Falls Bull Sluice Falls is more of a rapids, rather than a waterfall,… [Read More]

Filed Under: Day Trip Tagged With: becky branch falls, Bull Sluice Falls, Georgia waterfall day trip, Georgia waterfalls, tallulah falls, tallulah gorge, toccoa falls

South Carolina/Georgia Waterfall 3-5 Day Trip

Posted on August 19, 2020 Written by Tracy Wimberly 1 Comment

Wildcat Branch Falls

This waterfall 3-5 day trip is family friendly and has waterfalls in two different states. You may notice that this waterfall trip starts out just like our South Carolina Waterfalls Day Trip – and you would be correct. While this waterfall road trip clocks in at just under five hours, you would not be able… [Read More]

Filed Under: 3 to 5 Day Trip Tagged With: Georgia waterfall day trip, Georgia waterfalls, South Carolina waterfall day trip, South Carolina waterfalls, waterfall day trip

South Carolina Waterfalls Day Trip

Posted on July 3, 2020 Written by Tracy Wimberly 4 Comments

Reedy River Falls 2

This waterfall day trip is family friendly and is comprised of five waterfalls. Each of the waterfalls is a different style than the others making this a unique and beautiful trip. This waterfall road trip clocks in at just under three hours. Wildcat Branch Falls Wildcat Branch Falls is one of my favorite waterfalls. This… [Read More]

Filed Under: Day Trip Tagged With: Cedar Falls, Cedar Falls Park, Falls Park, Issaqueena Falls, Reedy River Falls, South Carolina road trip, South Carolina waterfall day trip, South Carolina waterfalls, Station Cove Falls, Wildcat Branch Falls

Cashiers to Highlands Waterfall Day Trip

Posted on June 25, 2020 Written by Tracy Wimberly 1 Comment

Toxaway Falls 1

A section of U.S. Route 64 called the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway is where we start this waterfall day trip from Cashiers to Highland. The Mountain Waters Scenic Byway is a gorgeous drive by itself with several breathtaking rapids along the side of the road, including the Cullasaja Rapids along the way. The drive time… [Read More]

Filed Under: Day Trip Tagged With: Bridal Veil Falls, Bust Your Butt Falls, Cashiers waterfalls, Cullasaja Falls, Dry Falls, Highlands waterfalls, North Carolina waterfall day trip, Quarry Falls, Silver Run Falls

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