The top of Falling Waters Falls, Florida. August 6, 2009.
As many of you know, Betsy and I like to plan our trips so that we can visit new waterfalls. Our recent trip to Florida was no exception and we visited waterfalls both on the way to Florida and on the way back.
Finding waterfalls to visit in north Georgia was no problem — there are many we haven’t seen. But Florida or south Georgia proved to be more difficult. But our research did find one natural waterfall in Florida. It is located in Falling Waters State Park, south of Chipley, Florida, in the Florida panhandle. So we arranged to visit the park on our way home.
Falling Waters State Park contains huge trees and fern-covered sinkholes. Sink Hole Trail is a boardwalk that leads around several sinkholes and to the waterfall. The waterfall is fed by seepage springs, so there wasn’t a great deal of water, as you can see by the picture above, which shows the top of the falls.
But the waterfall is still fascinating, because it is contained in a 100-foot deep, 20-foot wide cylindrical pit. The actual drop of the water is 73 feet. The picture below shows some of the debris in the bottom of the pit.
The bottom of the sinkhole into which Falling Waters Falls flows. August 6, 2009.
The water’s final destination after dropping into the pit is not known.
We’ve visited waterfalls that have a higher volume of water, but Falling Waters Falls was still a fascinating addition to our collection.
Tags: Florida, Travels, Waterfalls
Senior Moments 
August 15, 2009 at 8:27 am |
Sometimes the small stream falls are the best, especially if they have a very long drop. Great photos.
August 15, 2009 at 11:29 am |
Very picturesque, especially because there is not that much water flowing over the edge. Don’t like the idea of sink holes though – shudders!!!
August 15, 2009 at 12:16 pm |
That is a fascinating waterfall…never seen anything like it.
August 15, 2009 at 12:33 pm |
George: That is a really cool place.
August 15, 2009 at 3:43 pm |
Not much water but a long way down and it is so pretty to see.
August 15, 2009 at 4:19 pm |
I have never seen a waterfall with the pit at the end of it, amazing!
August 15, 2009 at 7:12 pm |
The entire Sink Hole Trail, including the falls at the end, I find absolutely fascinating.
I had to look it up the word first — I’ve heard it used before but only idiomatically. Your use was definitely the scientific variety so I needed to know exactly what it was 🙂