Many waterfalls in the USA are not accessible by wheelchair. Bob, my husband, and I are traveling the USA to search for waterfalls accessible by wheels (wheelchairs, bikes, strollers).
Saturday, April 29, 2017
FALL CREEK FALLS - Fall Creek Falls State Park, Tennessee
The Fall Creek Falls State Park is 26,000 acres making it the largest state park in Tennessee. The park has more than 34 miles of trails, an Inn, 222 campsites and 30 cabins, playgrounds, picnic tables and pavilions, and a golf course. The State Park Environmental Education Center is the Nature Center at Fall Creek Fall offering hands-on environmental education, school programs, and overnight field trips.
Fall Creek Falls is one of the highest waterfalls in eastern United States. Of the four waterfalls within the park, Fall Creek Falls is the only wheelchair accessible falls.Fall Creek Falls is the highest waterfall east of the Rocky Mountains.
TYPE: Plunge: Water descends vertically, losing contact with the bedrock surface. The fall plunges 256 feet into a gorge.
ACCESSIBILITY: Handicap parking begins a short path leading to an overlook directly across the gorge looking at the front of the falls.
ADDRESS:
Fall Creek Falls Creek Park
2009 Village Camp Road
Spencer, TN 38585
PHONE: 423-881-5298
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