Pine Ridge Falls, in Unicoi County, Tennessee was our first adventure of the day. This Longarm Branch trailhead, which is in the Cherokee National Forest, was located off of Clark’s Creek Road, which we found off of Highway 107.
The hike was not bad at all, although we had to watch where we stepped because it is also used by horses.
It was a pretty trail nonetheless and a rather short one to our destination.
There was one creek crossing along the trail, which again was pretty simple to get to the other side due to the low water.
After we walked across the creek there is an opening in the trail where you can head straight or turn left. Make sure you turn left, this is the path that leads to the waterfall. Shortly after we continued our hike in that direction, we started to hear the water.
We of course followed many trails that led us to the creek along the main path, which provided us with some incredible views and sounds of the water.
The waterfall was our next destination. We were able to climb directly in front of it, which is always fun.
After we sit and admire the waterfall, Jason and I always climb to see where the water flows from. Every time we find more incredible views. The pictures below are from the top of the waterfall. It’s always neat to get that perspective.
Today was another great day in the Cherokee National Forest. It was another beautiful waterfall that we will add to our growing list of ones we have seen. Each waterfall has its own personality, its own unique characteristics, making them all beautiful in their own way.
The GPS coordinates for the Pine Ridge Falls parking area, which we plugged into our Garmin were: N 36° 7.518′, W 082° 32.264′.
