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misterxMan I'm beat.
Yesterday I visited waterfall I'd never been to in the Wilson Creek area (nearish to grandfather mountain, nc). It's called Huntfish Falls, and to be honest I'm not sure WHICH of the falls there was the official one. It was gorgeous. What a swim spot too, big shallow basins carved out of the rock, one after another. Another portion had a low-volume stream splashing dramatically down rock cliffs, maybe a 65' drop. There were probably four falls in 300' radius. I stayed quite a while there, just laying back on the smooth granite, listening to the rumble of the falls, and letting the wind blow over me.
Today the kids wanted to do something so I packed them in the car and went after Coyote Falls, near the TN/VA border south of Erwin TN. I knew it was a roughly 35' drop, and I had a coordinate in my GPS, but beyond that I knew little. I found a parking spot near a trail near the location, and figured it was probably it. Yeah. Not so much. The trail was the AT, and it just happened to pass through the area. To the falls, there was no trail. What was there is a steep descent through a pine forest heavy with ground litter, transforming into an even steeper descent through a dense weave of mountain laurel. It was so dense that we were within 50' of the falls before I saw it. It was a lovely fall though, recessed into the hill with a good volume of water, cushiony moss an inch deep on every rock and log, ferns everywhere. We stayed a while, hunted salamanders, climbed the falls, and generally enjoyed the place for a good while before making the arduous climb back to the top. It was so steep the GPS complained it didn't have a clear view of the sky.
Two steep climbs in two days, my legs are not pleased with me. :)
Pictures to come.
Yesterday I visited waterfall I'd never been to in the Wilson Creek area (nearish to grandfather mountain, nc). It's called Huntfish Falls, and to be honest I'm not sure WHICH of the falls there was the official one. It was gorgeous. What a swim spot too, big shallow basins carved out of the rock, one after another. Another portion had a low-volume stream splashing dramatically down rock cliffs, maybe a 65' drop. There were probably four falls in 300' radius. I stayed quite a while there, just laying back on the smooth granite, listening to the rumble of the falls, and letting the wind blow over me.
Today the kids wanted to do something so I packed them in the car and went after Coyote Falls, near the TN/VA border south of Erwin TN. I knew it was a roughly 35' drop, and I had a coordinate in my GPS, but beyond that I knew little. I found a parking spot near a trail near the location, and figured it was probably it. Yeah. Not so much. The trail was the AT, and it just happened to pass through the area. To the falls, there was no trail. What was there is a steep descent through a pine forest heavy with ground litter, transforming into an even steeper descent through a dense weave of mountain laurel. It was so dense that we were within 50' of the falls before I saw it. It was a lovely fall though, recessed into the hill with a good volume of water, cushiony moss an inch deep on every rock and log, ferns everywhere. We stayed a while, hunted salamanders, climbed the falls, and generally enjoyed the place for a good while before making the arduous climb back to the top. It was so steep the GPS complained it didn't have a clear view of the sky.
Two steep climbs in two days, my legs are not pleased with me. :)
Pictures to come.
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on 2007-04-29 11:45 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2007-04-30 12:04 pm (UTC)http://web.utk.edu/~jeparks/history.htm
http://web.utk.edu/~jeparks/edgemont.htm
http://web.utk.edu/~jeparks/images/CofStr09.JPG
The hotel pictured in the last link burned to the ground a couple of years before I left NC.
Note- these are some olf photos some still exist at the general stores near the area.
below is a hiking trail map link
http://www.trails.com/topo.asp?trailid=CGD004-061
More about the areahttp://www.gribblenation.com/ncpics/nc90/
I used to live out there and travel with my grandfather while he told stories of the area and the Flood.
I hope you get a chance to head out there one day... I got all nostaglic looking back at where I used to go and hang out.(I preferred driving to a remote area and being alone with my thoughts to raising hell)