Florida's Tallest Waterfall

There are fewer and fewer things in the immediate area to go and see on Maya’s days off. One of the last ones we were interested in was Falling Waters State Park. It is a hill that is deeply pock-marked by a collection of sink holes. The biggest of these sink holes also has a small creek that runs into it. Thus, it is a waterfall and at 73 feet is apparently Florida’s tallest.

We went there with a picnic lunch and enjoyed the day a bit before going on the trail to the sink holes. The picnic area is very nice and there is camping available and even a lake to swim in. We checked out the lake and the camp area but we were just there for the waterfall. There is a very safe-feeling set of wooden stairs that are built partway down into the main sink hole. They end in an observation area to view the falls from. There is also a boardwalk area around the edges of some other sink holes nearby. In addition, the area was one of the first in Florida to be drilled for oil and the old wooden derrick is still there. We did not go see this as it involved more hiking then we were ready for. That will have to be something we save for later if we camp our way across the country someday.