Fall Creek Falls State Park in TN

[whitecastleman]

People that I work with gave this park great reviews so I was looking forward to my trip last weekend.  Initially, the weather was predicted to bring a 80% chance of rain on Friday and 100% chance on Saturday.  Not the best, but we left Chattanooga on Friday and headed out- even saw another Quicksilver on the road.  The campground is located in just one section of the huge state park.  Signs were clear leading us to section B (there were 4 large sections altogether).  Each site had water, electric, and a picnic table.  I was glad that the sites were not too close together.  The bath house was nearby and was one of the best that I have seen in a state park- very clean.  We saw several deer in the campground.

After we set up camp we drove a few miles down the "scenic drive" to check out the waterfall.  We parked in the parking area and walked down the paved walkway to the overlook area.  Wow! What a view!  We learned that Fall Creek Falls is the highest waterfall east of the Rocky Mountains.  We did not walk down the trail to the base of the falls but will probably do so on another trip.  We definitely want to go back.  Unfortunately, the the rain came down in torrents soon afterwards and the lightning got pretty intense.  The group that we were with decided to break camp early since the weather forecast was for continued rain all night and worse storms the next morning.  Overall, the park and the campground has much to offer.

[rideandfly]

Appreciate the report!!!!! Will definitely camp there during 2015!.

Thanks!