Tumbling Waters: Hiking Amicalola Falls

This hiking trail courses a short 2.1 miles and combines 2 trails to travel from the park office to the impressive 729 foot tall waterfall and back down on several of the lesser-traveled trails at the park. The park can be busy – especially on weekends and in the fall and spring seasons – so we...

Spectacular Canyon Views: Hiking Tallulah Gorge State Park

Quick stats: Length: 3 miles Difficulty: Easy to Moderate Highlights: This hiking trail courses the rim of Tallulah Gorge – a steep-walled, waterfall-filled gorge that offers spectacular views. Tallulah Gorge is a sight not to be missed in North Georgia – spanning 2 miles long and 1000 feet...

Hiking Panther Creek: One of Georgia’s Most Beautiful Waterfalls

Quick stats: Length: 7 miles Difficulty: Moderate to difficult (short sections have sharp dropoffs and are difficult – we don’t recommend this hike for children or dogs) Highlights: This popular hiking trail follows along the banks of Panther Creek for 3.5 miles to one of the most beautiful...

Hiking the West Rim Loop and Waterfall Trails at Cloudland Canyon

Quick stats: Length: 6.8 miles Difficulty: Moderate Highlights: Breathtaking views abound along these two joined hiking trails that follow the rim of Cloudland Canyon before descending to the canyon floor. Located in the Northwest corner of Georgia and extending along the Western edge of Lookout Mountain,...

Paces Mill / Rottenwood Creek Trail in Metro Atlanta

One of our favorite running and walking trails in the metro Atlanta area is the Paces Mill / Rottenwood Creek trail. Following the Chattahoochee River for a quarter mile and then turning to follow Rottenwood Creek to its waterfalls near the end of the trail, this 3.6 mile paved trail blends urban signs of...

Hiking to High Shoals Waterfall

The hike to High Shoals Waterfall – actually a series of falls – in the Chattahoochee Forest north of Helen is an easy, 2.6 mile well-traveled trek along a rumbling creek that cascades down into a series of large, dramatic waterfalls.  Shorter than most of our hikes, we loved the High Shoals...

A Unique Waterfall: Hiking to Raven Cliff Falls

The Raven Cliff Trail journeys through the Chattahoochee National Forest to a one of the most unique waterfalls we’ve seen: Raven Cliff Falls.  The falls cascade 400 feet down through Raven cliff – literally slicing the massive cliff in half before cascading down through several lower falls...

Appalachian Trail – Three Forks to Long Creek Falls

The Appalachian Trail intersects Noontoola Creek just 4.3 miles from its beginning on Springer Mountain – and it’s from here that this out-and-back hike starts a journey on the Appalachian Trail to a beautiful, rushing waterfall in the Chattahoochee National Forest and through a delicate forest of...

Wild Beauty: Hiking Graveyard Fields, NC

Along the picturesque stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway between Asheville, NC and the Smokey Mountains is a wild, rugged terrain named Graveyard Fields – an excellent hike following a stream through thick rhododendron, over a cleared expanse of knotty shrubs covering small, moundy earth, and up to a...

Hiking to Rainbow Falls – Great Smoky Mountains

Nestled in Great Smoky Mountains National Park are many waterfalls – this one a favorite of ours, preceded by a pleasant hike through the smoky mountainside south of Gatlinburg, TN. A 5.2 mile roundtrip hike to the falls from the trailhead is moderately steep and travels through a wide variety of...