Tannery Falls — Attraction in Savoy

These falls are in the middle of nowhere yet people still come from far away to see them. It's just a short walk down from the top of the falls to the base. There are a lot of stairs and it is very steep at some parts, with no railings to hold onto, at some parts very narrow, making it difficult for certain persons. There is a loop trail that continues on after the bottom of the falls.

I brought my two large dogs (75lbs & 60 lbs), but I probably wouldn't bring them again because of the steep narrow stairs and all the people and other dogs.

There was litter along the path down to the falls. Lindt truffle wrappers and large slushie cups, clearly not from the hikers.

I made the mistake of going on the 4th of July weekend, thinking there will be less people as it's not really a spot where you can picknic or swim or do anything related to the holiday. As soon as I got to the bottom I took my camera out of my bag, set up really quick, took a total of 2 test pictures of the falls, and a large group of people came in, completely ignoring my existence, walked right infront of the falls (and my camera) and just stood there looking around and taking pictures on their smartphones. Instead of asking them if I could just have another minute or two, since I drove about 50 minutes to photograph the waterfall, I instead figured I would step away and patiently wait for them to move on. They continued standing right under the falls, for quite awhile, a couple of them were scrolling social media! I continued to wait as long as I could and then they got snacks out so I decided to just come back another day. Please, if you see someone trying to take pictures, especially if they have professional photography equipment, please be courteous and let them have a minute or two to get what they came here for. Bonus: they ended up leaving shortly after I came back up to the top..

I'll give this place another chance during a weekday, but from now on I'll stick to the places that are harder to access/you have to actually hike to, that generally lack rude and inconsiderate people. I've had more positive experiences with people at crowded...

If you're here for the waterfall, it's a very beautiful and short (800 meters, steep/stairs) downhill hike there. I'd definitely recommend going out if you want to see a waterfall without having to take an intense hike out!

If you'd like to actually hike, the trail they have (about a 5 mile loop) isn't always super defined and looks to be on a semi-dried out stream bed (lots of mud and unfortunately some dried out frog eggs). I'm not sure if it was the time in the season that we went out, or if there's something happening in this forest, but it was very strange to be out during the tail end of April and have more than half the trees leafless. All in all it's decent if you want to get a good hike in before seeing the waterfall, but otherwise I wouldn't make the trip out...

It was a tough place to find but once you find it you park in the parking lot and then walk into the woods. The beginning part of the trail is hard to find... Just follow the flow of the water. There are 2 waterfalls in one location. There is a swimmung hole at the base of the 2nd waterfall. I do suggest water shoes and be very careful the moss on the rocks are extremely slippery.

There are people that go skinny dipping there...