The Way Home Back From Fall Creek Falls via Natchez Trace Parkway

On the way back home from our camping trip to Fall Creek Falls State Park, we decided to stray from the interstate and take the Natchez Trace Parkway home. 

Several years ago, we traveled the Natchez Trace Parkway from the north terminus to the south and stopped at campgrounds along the way.  

This trip, we just made a few stops to stretch our legs.  One of our stops was at Meriwether Lewis campground.  While we were there, we saw a caravan of antique cars.

If history interests you, I highly recommend the Natchez Trace Parkway.

Fall Creek Falls State Park Sept 2017 (part 2)

In Fall Creek Falls part 1, I reviewed the campground and gave some general information about the park and directions.  Part 2 will be about some of the things to do at the park.

Fall Creek Falls State Park is known for the falls for which they are named.  Depending on the season you go and the amount of rainfall during the year, the amount of water you see at the falls can be vastly different.  For instance, here is a picture of how the falls looked this year: 

and here is a picture of the falls when we went in 2010:

There are miles of hiking trails at Fall Creek Falls.  You can get a trail map at the Nature Center or camper check-in.  We hiked many of them on our trip here in 2010.  Most are quite rocky and can contain some steep sections.  I was glad that I picked this up

at the general store in the campground before we did any hiking.  My knees and ankles don't work quite as good as they used to.







Here are a few pictures of the trail that leads to the bottom of the Fall Creek Falls:

In addition to the main Fall Creek Falls trail, there are trails to other waterfalls (both an overlook view and to the bottom) and cascades. 

Sally Mae wasn't too sure about going across the swinging bridge on one of the trails.

There are also miles of paved bike trails.  One morning, we biked the trail that goes from the hotel to the Fall Creek Falls overlook and back.  This is a very

easy trail with just one short piece of steep incline.  Most of the trail follows the bank of the lake.

You can rent boats (jon, paddle, kayaks, canoes) at the boat dock or bring your own.  This is a small lake and no gas motors allowed.  There is also an 18-hole golf course, lots of picnic spots, campgrounds, cabins, and a hotel.

Rick and I joked that the hotel facade looked more like a prison or compound on the outside, but it is nice inside with friendly staff and a restaurant.  We ate there the night before we left and it was very popular.  They had a surf and turf buffet but we ordered from the menu.  It was good and a lot of food.

We had a great time at Fall Creek Falls State Park and will probably return for a 4th time.