Burgess Falls State Park

  • 4000 Burgess Falls Drive, Sparta, Tennessee
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+1 931 432 5312

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This beautiful natural sanctuary has all areas including plants, animals, and ... more on Yahoo! Travel

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A set of steps will take you to the bottom of the falls or you can enjoy the view from the top. more on TripAdvisor

Both were clean, family friendly areas. more on TripAdvisor

You can even stand on top of the falls and get some great views. more on TripAdvisor

The park is free and most could do the entire hike in less than two hours. more on TripAdvisor

On the hike back to the parking lot, you can take an alternate trail that will take you along a ridge that will give you some beautiful views of the river. more on TripAdvisor

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Burgess Falls, what a beautiful state park. Would love to go back in every season to see how much different it will look. Trails ... more on TripAdvisor

what a beautiful place for half a day exploring. I have been to Niagara Falls, but the feeling of being there is not the same since at Burgess Falls, I can actually stand next to it and can almost tou ... more on TripAdvisor

Burgess Falls State Park is absolutely beautiful. Just inside the entrance you will find the picnic area with grills, playground and good restrooms. You will hear the water as soon as you get out of t ... more on TripAdvisor

Our family of 4 (kids ages 12 and 10) came to the Nashville area for a short vacation. We visited The Hermitage, TN History Musuem, Lane Motor Musuem and more but by far my favorite part was the day t ... more on TripAdvisor

One of our colleagues drowned to death in front of my eyes we couldn't save him as that is over 50 feet depth. I read news to day that another guy lost his life here. There are no sign boards with war ... more on TripAdvisor

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Great place water was nice short path to big falls iv been there about 7 times going back Sunday and staying till wensday its about ... more on Yahoo! Travel

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Burgess Falls state park was one of my favorite places to go in the summer of 2008. The trail isn't super long, but it gets challenging the further you go. Three main waterfalls are visible, the last one is over 150 feet tall and ... more on GeckoGo

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