Blue Hole Falls
Grundy County, Tennessee
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Grundy County, Tennessee
- Access status
- State park trail route and trailhead documented
- The walk
- About 0.6 miles from the overflow parking, per a visitor report
- Ground & access
- Rocky trail near the creek with footbridges and a wooden staircase. The Fiery Gizzard Trail beyond the Day Loop is very rocky and rugged.
Blue Hole Falls is a small waterfall of about 9 feet over a pool about 7 feet deep on Little Fiery Gizzard Creek, at the north end of the Fiery Gizzard Trail. From the Grundy Forest Trailhead, follow the Grundy Forest Day Loop past a large rockhouse with Little Fiery Gizzard Creek on your left. Cross a footbridge over a small tributary to reach a side view of the falls from the trail. Cross a footbridge over School Branch and go down a wooden staircase for a front view. Return the same way, or continue on the Day Loop.
Plan your visit
Grundy Forest trailhead on Fiery Gizzard Road in Tracy City, Grundy Forest Day Loop along Little Fiery Gizzard Creek to Blue Hole Falls
Hiking the Appalachians gives Blue Hole Falls at 0.6 miles in its mileage log, which starts at the overflow parking 0.1 miles before the Grundy Forest Trailhead. Return the same way or continue on the loop.
Rocky trail near the creek with footbridges and a wooden staircase. The Fiery Gizzard Trail beyond the Day Loop is very rocky and rugged.
Where to start
Grundy Forest parking at the Fiery Gizzard Trailhead in Tracy City. From Railroad Avenue, take 2nd Street, Fairground Street and then Fiery Gizzard Road. An overflow lot is on the right just before the main lot.
Timing & water
No season is stated; a visitor report names spring as the best season.
Before you go
No fee is mentioned.
Visitor informationVisit sources
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