Adventure 4/30: Tallulah Gorge State Park

Adventure 4: Tallulah Gorge State Park

This is the farthest I drove out of all of my adventures. I was adventuring with by best waterfall gal and she highly recommended it. We drove nearly 3 hours to get there leaving at 5:30am trying to be one of the first there to get a permit to go in the gorge. They only offer 100 free permits per day and it’s first come first serve. We got there about 30 minutes after the park opened, thanks to Siri taking us in circles and missed getting the permits. The park still had a lot to offer even without going into the gorge.

The gorge is 2 miles long and nearly 1,000 feet deep offering spectacular views of the river and waterfalls. The walk to the base of the gorge requires 1062 steps. After 620 steps you are at the suspension bridge which offers some waterfalls underneath you and river overlooks. Once you are at the base of the gorge you are on a deck that overlooks Hurricane falls and the river of the gorge. There is a sign stating to get down in the gorge you must have a permit or else you could get fined. After a 3 hour drive we were all willing to risk the fine and went to play in the gorge.

There were natural water slides, rock to jump off of into the natural swimming pools and waterfalls galore. This place is absolutely gorgeous and well worth the drive!

Just playing in the water getting the best pictures! Lol.

Hurricane Falls

This is an overlook we passed on the way home that way to beautiful to not stop!