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Easy North Carolina Waterfalls: The Blue Ridge Parkway and Surrounding Areas

Posted on July 1, 2024 Written by Tracy Wimberly Leave a Comment

Base of Elk River Falls

Looking for easy waterfall hikes in North Carolina? Well, you’ve come to the right place! We’ll be including easy, roadside and wheelchair accessible trails and even break them down into areas to make finding waterfalls in your area a piece of cake. There are many beautiful waterfalls in North Carolina, but the best areas are… [Read More]

Filed Under: Hiking Tagged With: Big Creek Falls, Blue Ridge Parkway waterfalls, Bobby McLean Memorial Park, Duggers Creek Falls, Elk River Falls, French Broad Falls, Green Mountain Creek Falls, Linville Falls, Mill Shoals Falls, Roaring Fork Falls, Setrock Creek Falls, Silvervale Falls, Skinny Dip Falls, Soco Falls, The Cascades, Toms Creek Falls, Waterfall Park, Woodfin Cascades

Big Creek Falls

Posted on August 6, 2023 Written by Leave a Comment

Big Creek Falls 2

Big Creek Falls is a small, but very pretty waterfall located in the Pisgah National Forest.If you are in the area, it’s worth stopping by to see. There is not much traffic in the area and what little we saw, drove right past it. We probably would have too if we hadn’t known where to… [Read More]

Erwin Area Waterfall Day Trip

Posted on September 22, 2021 Written by Tracy Wimberly Leave a Comment

Full length of Pine Ridge Falls

This waterfall day trip clocks in at just under 1 hour drive time and includes 6 waterfalls ranging in length and difficulty. My youngest has been able to walk all these trails except one, which he wasn’t with us for, however I’m pretty sure he could have done it with some assistance. Two of the… [Read More]

Filed Under: Day Trip Tagged With: Big Creek Falls, erwin waterfall day trip, erwin waterfalls, Lower Spivey Falls, Middle Spivey Falls, Millstone Creek Falls, pine ridge falls, Sill Branch 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

Northeast Tennessee Day Trip of Short Waterfall Hikes

Posted on February 13, 2019 Written by Tracy Wimberly Leave a Comment

Base of Elk River Falls

Visiting Northeast Tennessee and want to check out some waterfalls while you’re in the area? Here’s a family friendly day trip with the travel time under three hours. Some of these waterfalls are more impressive than others, but what I really like about this day trip is that the waterfalls all look completely different than… [Read More]

Filed Under: Day Trip Tagged With: Big Creek Falls, Blue Hole Falls, Elk River Falls, Little Laurel Branch, Lower Spivey Falls, Millstone Creek Falls, Northeast Tennesee waterfalls, Tennessee waterfall day trip, waterfall day trip

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Fall Trails by Difficulty

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  • Wheelchair Accessible (9 trails)
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Waterfalls by State

  • Georgia (5 trails)
  • South Carolina (9 trails)
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  • Tennessee (71 trails)
  • Virginia (9 trails)
  • Kentucky (4 trails)

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