Fall Creek Falls State Park is Tennessee's largest and most popular park. Located in Bledsoe and Van Buren counties, the park is accessible from TN 30 and TN 111. The park is about a two hour drive from both Nashville and Knoxville and about 1½ hours from Chattanooga. TN 284 bisects the park and connects to TN 30 north of the park and TN 111 south of the park.
After several days of rain in February 2018, I took a day trip to the park to see the waterfalls. Three of the named waterfalls in the park are accessible via the Scenic Loop Road. The most used portions of the road are two-way and provide views of Fall Creek Falls, Coon Creek Falls, and Piney Creek Falls. A one-way section of the road follows the top of the gorge from Fall Creek Falls to Piney Creek Falls. The total driving distance for the loop, including the side road to Piney Creek Falls is less than six miles. The views below are all on the one-way portion of the road.
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| Short trail from an unnamed pullout ½ miles from start of one-way |
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| Approaching the edge |
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| View across the gulf |
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| Sunlight and shadow on the opposite side of the gulf |
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| View from another unnamed pullout 0.6 miles from the start |
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| Another view without the stairs |
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| View across Cane Creek Gorge from Caplenor Point (1.2 miles from start of one-way road) |
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| Viewing platform at Millikan's Overlook (1.5 miles from start of one-way) |
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| View looking north (downstream) of Cane Creek Gulf from Millikan's Overlook |
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| Closeup of point above confluence of Piney Creek and Cane Creek |
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| Another view from Millikan's Overlook |
Entry to Fall Creek Falls State Park is free.
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