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Bald River Falls

Cherokee National Forest / Tellico, Tennessee, USA

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Bald River Falls was certainly one of the easiest waterfalls we’ve visited in the Southern Appalachians.

That was because it was visible right off a road bridge adjacent to a parking area. Perhaps the only real difficult part about this excursion was the long drive from Chattanooga (where we were staying at the time).

This cascading waterfall is said to have a cumulative drop of about 100ft. Without the proper trigonometric measuring equipment, it was hard to tell if that claim was accurate, but it was nonetheless impressive. Adding color to the scene was the presence of fallen leaves sticking to the flanking rocks thanks to the moisture from the cascade. There were also trees surrounding the area providing additional Autumn colors as well.

Given the lack of physical exertion required to view this waterfall, it was very popular during our visit. The interesting thing was that we were here rather late in the afternoon, and there were still lots of people! I can’t imagine how much crazier it might have gotten here earlier in the day.

The most straightforward way to view this waterfall was from the road bridge where we used the railing on the bridge to act as a tripod (sure I guess we were too lazy to bring out the tripod). In fact this bridge was loaded with people and passing car traffic had no choice but to go slow when passing by. I also saw a couple of folks scramble down to the river for a quieter photography experience.

There was also a trail climbing towards the top of the cascade and possible continue further. We only saw people go up there, but Julie and I decided not to join them so we can only speculate on the parts of that trail beyond what we could see from the bridge.

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