At 256 feet tall, Fall Creek Falls, located in vast Fall Creek Falls State Park on the Cumberland Plateau, is the highest fall in the eastern United States. There is a short trail from the park parking lot at the top the plateau that will take you down to the bottom of the gorge and the deep green waterfall's plunge pool. The Fall Creek Falls Trail is surrounded by dense forests of oak and hickory and the moist air of the gorge makes it lush and green as well as a home to some unusual species for the area, such as rhododendrons and laurel.

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