Emory Gap Falls
Morgan County, Tennessee
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Morgan County, Tennessee
- Access status
- State park trail route and trailhead documented
- The walk
- About 1.35 miles one way (Parking Full Time Hiking)
- Ground & access
- Old dirt road with a gradual climb, then two steeper, rockier switchbacks. Boulders at the falls make viewing spots uneven. The account gains about 450 feet.
Emory Gap Falls is a drop of about 10 feet followed by many cascades through a boulder field, at the end of the Emory Gap Trail in Frozen Head State Park. From the back of the Panther Branch Trailhead lot, follow the Panther Branch Trail (blue markers) up the old road past the Debord Falls spur. At about 0.9 mile, where the Panther Branch Trail turns right, keep left on the Emory Gap Trail (white markers), still on the old road. Just past 1 mile, two switchbacks climb the hillside. The trail ends at the base of the falls at about 1.35 miles. Return the same way.
Plan your visit
Panther Branch Trailhead, Panther Branch Trail, then the Emory Gap Trail to its end at Emory Gap Falls
The Parking Full Time Hiking account reaches the base of Emory Gap Falls at 1.35 miles from the trailhead and gives 2.6 miles for its out-and-back, which also passes Debord Falls. Tennessee State Parks lists the Emory Gap Trail itself at 0.50 mile.
Old dirt road with a gradual climb, then two steeper, rockier switchbacks. Boulders at the falls make viewing spots uneven. The account gains about 450 feet.
Where to start
Panther Branch Trailhead, a large paved lot for about 25 cars at the end of the main park road. From the junction of SR 62 and US 27 in Wartburg, take SR 62 east 1.5 miles to Flat Fork Road at the brown park sign, then follow the park road past the Visitor Center and over a one-lane bridge to its end.
Timing & water
No seasonal closure is mentioned. A sign at the trailhead gives the park closing time.
Before you go
No fee is mentioned.
Visitor informationVisit sources
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