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20210619 – Great Smoky Mountains National Park – Mannis Branch Falls

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Date: 06/19/2021 – Distance: 0.3 mi – Elapsed Time: 0.25 hr – Ascent: 49 ft – Descent: 33 ft – Difficulty: Easy

There is a small parking area along Little River Gorge Road with access to Little River near Mannis Falls. The falls are on the opposite side of the creek and the creek was too swift and deep to safely cross without serious risk. However if you know where to look, you can see the falls from the opposite side of the creek.

The parking area along Little River Gorge Road.
Access to Little River from the parking area.
Can you see all of those blue butterflies?
The bottom of the falls is just across the creek upstream of the parking area.
Little River upstream.
Little River downstream.
At the proper angle you can see Mannis Falls.
Mannis Falls.
Little River is too dangerous to cross.
Big boulders like this litter the riverbed.
This paint marks a Hemlock Pine, which has been treated for Hemlock Wooly Adelgid, an invasive sap sucker, related to aphids, which is killing many Helmocks.
This is a pretty big Hemlock.
I explored the creek a bit, then returned to the car to go to the next waterfall.

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