South Cumberland State Park- Savage Gulf Natural Area backpacking trip via The Stone Door Trailhead Ranger Station.
***( The meeting time is 9:03 am CENTRAL time/ 10:03 am EASTERN time)
**This event is not free. You will need to reimburse me for the cost of camping in the group site.
Three Waterfall Loop; Ranger Falls (pictured),Boardtree Falls, Greeter Falls (upper & Lower), and Blue Hole. Plus one more waterfall to end the trip with, Laurel falls.
We will start from the Stone Door Trailhead Ranger Station to register with the park.
We will check out the views of the gorge from the top of the ridge.
Then going though the Stone Door and down the Stone Door Trail (0.9 miles) to the Big Creek Gulf Trail. Take it (2.0 miles) to it's junction with Ranger Falls Trail. This is were we will do an (0.8 miles) in & out to see the Falls. Then Precede on to the Greeter and Laurel Trials junction. From there head to Alum Gap Campsite where we will setup camp. Once we are setup, we will hike the Greeter trail (1 mile) to the Greeter Falls Loop (0.8 miles). This is where we will check out Boardtree Falls and Greeter Falls (Upper & Lower). Then we hike over to the Blue Hole Trail (0.4 miles). After which we will return to our campsite (about 1.5 miles).
The next day we will hike back out via the Big Creek Rim Trail (3.2 miles) the up the Stone Door Trail (0.9 miles) to our vehicles. After dropping our packs, we can go check our Laurel Fall on the (0.3 mile) loop trail behind the Rangers Station before starting home or to somewhere to eat.
**I have the group site reserved for Saturday night, May 17th. We can share the cost, about $5.00 or so each as long as we have 12. I need to cover the site cost. Had to book two nights because of it being a weekend. That makes no sense on a backcountry site. The cost was $66 after I was able to apply a discount.
Reimburse at Venmo;
Rob Lemons@Robert-Lemons-900
If you want your own site: There are 8 individual site that you can book yourself. They are $10.00 per night, but they will require booking two nights.
*Some may want to setup a carpool from Knoxville.
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