The Cumberland Trail near Caryville in Campbell County passes a series of man-made waterfalls on Bruce Creek. We visited in mid-March, 2013. The creek was relocated eastward about 40 feet during the construction of Interstate 75 in the 1970s. Lower Bruce Falls is about 15 feet high. Bruce Falls consists of three man-made plunges in a stair step fashion that total about 70 feet.
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| Portions of the wide trail are the former creekbed |
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| Lower Bruce Falls |
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| Bruce Creek below the lower falls |
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| Lower falls from the trail |
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| The sedimentary rock has been turned nearly vertical |
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| Large rocks in the creek bed |
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| Three-part Bruce Creek Falls |
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| Looking down at the middle plunge |
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| We turned around at the trail bridge across Bruce Creek |
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| The bridge is missing some decking |
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| Looking downstream from the bridge |
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| Looking upstream from the bridge |
While we were in Caryville, we crossed to the west side of the Interstate and stopped on Fall Creek Lane to view the Notch Falls of Fall Creek. The chute portion descends about 12 feet and the plunge to the roadside pool is another 10 feet.
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| Notch Falls |
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| The plunge portion of Notch Falls |
The park website is http://www.tn.gov/environment/parks/CumberlandTrail/.
going this summer
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