Identity summary
3 to 6 days
Spring · Summer · Autumn · Winter
Recommended car
Forest · River · Nature · Countryside
Variable accessibility
Sweet rhythm
General presentation
Upper Cumberland
Cascades, caves and wooded plateaus between Nashville and Knoxville.
To understand what Upper Cumberland is, look at Fall Creek Falls, Cummins Falls State Park and Burgess Falls State Park. These places give you a view of a territory marked by forests, riverscapes, natural spaces and the countryside and allow you to move from emblematic sites to more intimate stages.
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For a stay of 3 to 6 days, a quiet rhythm works well. Also to be anticipated: important distances between certain places. A car is usually the easiest way to connect the different sectors. Accessibility varies from site to site and deserves to be verified step by step.
Strengths and constraints
Strengths
- Fall Creek Falls
- Cummins Falls State Park
- Burgess Falls State Park
Before you choose
- Recommended car to connect sites
- Important distances between certain places
Places worth visiting
A selection to start dreaming and organizing the stay — not an exhaustive list of everything there is to see.
Nature and landscape
Fall Creek Falls
Fall Creek falls into a deep basin surrounded by the park gorge, after a brief climb from the parking lot. The contrast between plateau and depth creates an immediate visual surprise, reinforced by continuous water noise and wet vegetation.
Nature and landscape
Cummins Falls State Park
Cummins Falls State Park is organized around a shoal cascade that falls into a rocky basin, at the bottom of a wooded gorge. Access requires walking on an irregular terrain, sometimes in the water, which gives swimming a real taste of effort. Hot days attract many people; off-peak, the noise of the fall resumes the whole place.
Nature and landscape
Burgess Falls State Park
Around the Gorge of Falling Water, Burgess Falls chained rocky steps, steep views and continuous river noise downhill. The relief requires a gradual approach, and the main fall marks the end of the course with a very strong visual intensity.
Practical tips
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