Amicalola Falls

While I'm on the subject, Georgia has a club called the Canyon Climbers Club. They list 4 places that you can go to in the State of Georgia that falls into the qualifications. Cloudland Canyon, which I've shown you previously, Tallulah Gorge, Providence Canyon..... AND..... Amicalola Falls. Not really a canyon, but it does have many flights of stairs to climb to the top of them, so I kind of understand. Maybe? Anyway, you pay $10 to join and have an unlimited amount of time to accomplish the task.... what happens when you do? You get a t-shirt and bragging rights. Not bad.

All but one of these pictures were taken by Chris of these beautiful waterfalls. Amicalola is considered the largest falls east of the Mississippi and the name is Cherokee for Tumbling Waters. The falls cascade 749 feet and from the overlook bridge, it's another 425 steps to get to the top. It's a tough hike if you aren't used to climbing that many stairs, but it's an amazing view from the top. Not so much of the actual falls, but out over the mountains. They don't allow you to actually climb along the falls for safety reasons, but I've heard tell of a few stories that my mom has told of her and several other family members climbing up the falls before they added the stairs. hehehee! That was also back when kids played with knives on the playgrounds and it was ok. ; )


View up the falls from the overlook bridge.


This is the view towards the bridge from the paved hiking trail. The actual trail to the bridge isn't too bad either.


Here's the view from the top of the falls out towards the bottom.

And here's another view of the falls. Such a beautiful sight!