Alcorn Branch Falls
Jackson County, Kentucky
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Jackson County, Kentucky
- Access status
- Short Sheltowee Trace walk described; parking and distance not confirmed
- The walk
- Short walk; distance not published
- Ground & access
- Old dirt road then foot trail descending into a valley.
Start at Arvel near the old Arvel post office, where Todd Grocery sits at the trailhead. Follow the Sheltowee Trace along an old dirt road, then a foot trail that descends from oak woods into a moist valley where the Trace looks out on Alcorn Branch Falls. Return the same way.
Plan your visit
Sheltowee Trace from Arvel to the Alcorn Branch Falls view
The tourism page calls it a short walk but gives no distance.
Old dirt road then foot trail descending into a valley.
Where to start
Not stated. The source places the trailhead at Todd Grocery in Arvel; whether visitors may park there was not confirmed.
Timing & water
Low-flow fall; best after rain. Current trail conditions were not checked.
Before you go
No fee or reservation is mentioned in the reviewed source.
Visitor informationVisit sources
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