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After starting a long weekend with a trip to Fall Creek Falls and Rock Island State Parks, I did a quick overnighter in the Bridgestone/Firestone Centennial Wilderness WMA. The Polly Branch trailhead is just a few hundred yards, and on the opposite side of the road, as the Virgin Falls SNA trailhead. This area is included in the map I bought at the Gulf Trading Post last week when visiting Virgin Falls, and I immediately wanted to see more of the area.
While I knew I didn't have time to do a longer loop, I figured I could at least visit all the waterfalls that show on the map.
Here is a link to the map: http://www.tn.gov/twra/gis/wmapdf/Bridgestone_webmap_2012.pdf
Bee Branch Overlook
From the Polly Branch Trail
Upper Polly Branch Falls
Jenny Falls
If you climb to the top, there are a couple of cascades that you can't see when viewing the falls from below.
Since it's a rare sight in Alabama, I become preoccupied with ice sometimes...
Following the cliff line back around, instead of the trail.
I thought this looked like some kind of claw.
This rock has good balance...
There are a couple of places that look like caves from below. One is a weakness that gives access to the top of the cliffline, while the other is a rockshelter with a conveniently shaped rock to sit on.
While I knew I didn't have time to do a longer loop, I figured I could at least visit all the waterfalls that show on the map.
Here is a link to the map: http://www.tn.gov/twra/gis/wmapdf/Bridgestone_webmap_2012.pdf
Bee Branch Overlook
From the Polly Branch Trail
Upper Polly Branch Falls
Jenny Falls
If you climb to the top, there are a couple of cascades that you can't see when viewing the falls from below.
Since it's a rare sight in Alabama, I become preoccupied with ice sometimes...
Following the cliff line back around, instead of the trail.
I thought this looked like some kind of claw.
This rock has good balance...
There are a couple of places that look like caves from below. One is a weakness that gives access to the top of the cliffline, while the other is a rockshelter with a conveniently shaped rock to sit on.
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