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Virgin Falls drops 110 feet into a cave at the base of a dramatic limestone gorge in the White County backcountry — one of the most unique and remote waterfall experiences in Tennessee.
<p>The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes preserves the largest 20th-century volcanic landscape in North America, produced by the June 1912 Novarupta eruption — the most powerful volcanic eruption of the 1...
Cummins Falls thunders over a 75-foot ledge on Blackburn Fork in Jackson County — Tennessee's largest-volume waterfall and one of the most powerful swimming hole experiences in the Southeast.
Laurel Falls is the most visited waterfall in the entire national park system — an 80-foot two-tiered cascade on a paved trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Gatlinburg.
<p>Geographic Harbor on Katmai's remote Pacific coast is accessible only by floatplane or boat and represents the park's wild coastal bear-viewing experience far from the crowds of Brooks Camp. Brown ...
Ramsey Cascades tumbles 100 feet through old-growth forest in the Greenbrier area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park — the tallest and most rewarding waterfall hike in the Smokies.
Fall Creek Falls plunges 256 feet into a shaded gorge in Van Buren County — the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States and the centerpiece of one of Tennessee's finest state parks.
<p>The Lower Brooks River Trail follows the south bank of the Brooks River from Brooks Camp to the world-famous Brooks Falls bear-viewing platform, the premier brown bear observation site on earth. Ea...
Princess Falls is a slender 15-foot cascade on Jellico Creek in the Daniel Boone National Forest near Cumberland Falls — a quiet and easily accessible waterfall in the heart of McCreary County.
Cane Creek Falls slides over a broad sandstone ledge in the Daniel Boone National Forest near Williamsburg — a beautiful and lesser-known waterfall in the heart of Whitley County.
<p>The Cholla Cactus Garden Trail winds through a dense stand of teddy bear cholla (Cylindropuntia bigelovii) in the Colorado Desert section of Joshua Tree, near the transition zone between the higher...
A series of cascades tumbles through the hemlock-draped Laurel Gorge near Carter Caves in Carter County — one of northeastern Kentucky's most scenic and least-crowded waterfall hikes.
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