Falling Water Falls, Signal Mountain (TN)

Falling Water Falls is a 110' gem found near Signal Mountain, TN. Views from the top of the falls (beware: bluffs!) can be accessed easily by walking from a small parking area on Forest Park Drive on Signal Mountain (see this for more details). Using this trail, one can walk directly to the top of the waterfall; if you cross Little Falling Water Creek, more views are available from the opposite side.

The hard (but fun) way to access the bottom of the falls is to begin a hike on Levi Road at the bottom of the mountain. When hiking, please make sure that you exit off of the road on state property. There is no trail for this adventure; you are on your own. After about a mile hike and 700 ft of ascent, you will find yourself at the base of Falling Water Falls. Don't attempt this without a GPS and a waypoint for Falling Water Falls. This is a hard mile, but well worth it!

As an added bonus for those willing to hike up the mountain to get to Falling Water Falls, one can find Levi Cave fairly soon after leaving the road. I supposedly have a GPS location for it, but had some technical difficulties and now am not sure if the fix that I have is accurate or not. So, I plan to revisit it when I get the chance [4/10/2010 UPDATE: the GPS coordinates are 35 11.139 N, 85 16.258W]. The mouth of Levi Cave is simply a 2' wide hole in the ground; however, the cave is supposedly (I only explored a very small part of it) 750' long.

The quality of the pictures here (I apologize!) is poor; these were taken with a 2MP Canon Powershot A40. I would like to revisit to take new pictures!

Update: a GPS waypoint for this waterfall can be found here.


Falling Water Falls, from top


Falling Water Falls, from bottom


Falling Water Falls Map; state property shown in yellow. Click to enlarge.

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Na Pali Coastline (HI)

These are views of the Na Pali coastline, on the Northwestern shore of Kauai. This is one of the grandest places that I have ever been. Some shots are taken by boat, and some by helicopter.

Michelle and I took a boat ride from Na Pali Catamaran, located in Hanalei. We left in the morning about 8am, and returned at around 12pm. The powered catamaran took us along the Na Pali coastline, dropped us for a snorkel at a remote location (I can't recall the name of the nearby beach), and returned to port. Along the way, the captain even took the ship inside a sea cave. This trip was definitely a highlight of our vacation.

The other highlight of the vacation was the helicopter ride from Inter-Island Helicopters, flying a Hughes 500 with no doors. Great for photography, and loads of fun. The heli ride included a brief stop at a secluded waterfall in Kauai's interior, only accessible by air.


Na Pali 1


Na Pali 2


Na Pali 3


Na Pali from Air 1


Na Pali from Air 2


Na Pali from Air 3