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Tallulah Gorge State Park

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Tallulah Gorge State Park

Tallulah Falls, GA · Northeast Georgia

About

Tallulah Gorge is one of the deepest canyons in the eastern United States, a two-mile chasm plunging nearly 1,000 feet through the north Georgia mountains. Hike the rim trails past a string of overlooks, then descend the metal staircase to a swaying suspension bridge that hangs 80 feet above the Tallulah River and its cascade of waterfalls. Grab one of the 100 free daily permits to reach the gorge floor.

Highlights

Suspension bridge swaying 80 feet above the river and fallsRim trails linking overlooks of six tumbling waterfallsFree gorge-floor permit, limited to 100 hikers per dayHurricane Falls loop with roughly 1,000 metal stairsNearly 1,000-foot-deep canyon, among the deepest in the East

Getting there

338 Jane Hurt Yarn Rd, Tallulah Falls, GA 30573

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