Falling Water Falls State Natural Area — Attraction in Soddy-Daisy

Wow. Must-go-to for all that love the outdoors. Please read this before going. This is an unincorporated waterfall. Meaning there is zero admission costs, zero trails marked and only one maintained train which is the one that leads to the river that then leads to the fall. Also there are no safety barriers nor are the trails marked, most of the "trails" are actually just run off water paths. I do not advise taking children under 10 here and make sure everyone has shoes on with grip. Recommend a boots or actual hiking shoes if you wish to do anywhere outside of the main trail leading to the river.

What you will see: There are 2 very main points to the falls. The waterfall itself and across the waterfall to the upper left there is a natural stone lookout that requires you to climb up the small rock embankment from which the main trail ends. It is across the river and up. Looks like a natural staircase made by nature. The views are absolutely amazing. You could probably follow the river up without much problem during non-rainy seasons, however you can definitely tell that the creek turns into a river at some point in the year and will complicate any travel within it. Also I went in July, there was no algae on the rock, another sign that this place gets flooded at times. Unless hiking is one of your major hobbies and you actually have equipment, do not recommend going when raining. Summer season you should be able to hike around without issue. Sadly I could not find a way to the bottom of the fall from the point without climbing gear. Maybe I will come in winter when the trees are sleeping and I can see the ground. The falls is by my estimation 1000 feet more or less. You will have to go to the lookout point or off to the left and up an embankment to be able to see where the water actually falls to. It is worth the sight if you have never seen an actual non-commercialized waterfall.

Getting there: from Chattooga the GPS will take you up a very steep mountain switch back road that is very narrow. Some of the turns up the switch back road are hairpin 180° turns. There are no trailers allow and as a professional driver I will tell you now that a 2500 Chevy with extended cab and 8 foot bed towing a 16 foot boat will have a hell of a time and will have to reverse multiple times to get it up there even if it was allowed. There is a sign starting at this road that says there is no other way up the mountain. This is false. I took one way in and another way out. The way out, is definitely more for actual trucks. I also seen a 3rd way that also had...

The family and I wanted to find a waterfall that wasn't a tourist attraction. We found it!! Being as this was our first time going here we didn't know what to expect. In our travels to the waterfall it became apparent that we were traveling up a mountain (hill). My wife was very nervous as some parts of the road are very narrow and there were times where it was raining slightly on and off. Nothing heavy but enough to wet an already steep road. There is not many parking spaces as it doesn't look like alot of people come here. After you park you walk down a trail in the woods and within 5 minutes you see the stream. You follow the stream for about 5 minutes and then you come to the edge of the mountain where the view is endless!!. You are at the top of the waterfall and I'm sure if it had been raining harder that day or the day before the stream would have been alot bigger and the waterfall would have been rushing off the edge but it wasn't. There was a little tiny stream running off to the far left side of the cliff and over the edge. After we left the water fall we got to begin our descent down the mountain but before we did that we got to take in morr breathtaking views over the side of the hill. I would definitely recommend others take the journey it's exciting to...

This was my first time seeing a waterfall from this angle. I thought I’d be able to see the bottom or be looking across to it... so you could see the water ... falling. Instead you come up to the run off... no warning nothing no signs. It’s quite frightening, since I had two young children. My son is super adventurous and just the thought of him walking ahead of me and looking over the edge churns my stomach to think about what could have happened. If I would have know that’s what I was coming up on I wouldn’t have gone or wouldn’t have walked anywhere near the edge. There is no way to get a picture of the waterfall either, if that is what you are looking for. Yes astonishing but too much adventure with small children. Here is a picture of another family closer to the edge as you can see there is no signage just a 110 ft vertical drop off. We did have fun walking along the trail for five minutes and seeing the rocks and water way before the waterfall but again I wouldn’t go with children. Mine are 7 and 5, and from a google search just last year a 10 year old lost her footing and died. Which seems very easy to do at...