The 50-mile Roan Highlands section of the Appalachian Trail is widely considered one of the most scenic backpacking routes in the Southeast. Named for the Roan Mountain massif, the stretch is famous for its rolling grassy balds— the longest continuous series in the Appalachian Mountains—offering panoramic views that rival some of the best hikes on the East Coast. Straddling the Tennessee–North Carolina border, the trail climbs across open ridgelines, winds through lush mounta

Tucked away in the middle of rural Tennessee, at the confluence of the Caney Fork, Collins, and Rocky Rivers, sits Rock Island State Park's eighty foot Twin Falls, one of the more unique waterfalls in the Southeast. What makes Twin Falls special is that they actually seep out of the Caney Fork River Gorge wall not over it. While exceptionally beautiful and massive in size, they're not naturally formed waterfalls, rather a coincidental byproduct of the 1925 damming of the Ca

Tennessee is certainly no stranger to beautiful waterfalls. From Abrams Falls in Great Smoky Mountains National Park to the lesser known Ozone Falls west of Knoxville, the Volunteer State is home to some of the most picturesque waterfalls found anywhere in the Southeast. One of its most spectacular falls rests just outside of Tracy City along Little Gizzard Creek in the southern reaches of the Cumberland Plateau. Plunging sixty feet over a crescent shaped sandstone ledge i