I was super excited to see Falling Waters State Park. Honestly, I had no idea Florida even had waterfalls and that park housed the state’s highest waterfall. According to the state parks website, Falling Waters Sink is a 100-foot-deep, 20-foot-wide cylindrical pit into which flows a small stream that drops 73 feet to the bottom of the sink. The water’s final destination is unknown. That is pretty darn cool!
When I got to the park a noticed a sign at the gate that basically said the amount of water flowing from the fall is based on the amount of rain. I didn’t think anything of it and began my search for the waterfall. When I made it there the sign came back to my mind. That part of the state had been experiencing a sever lack of rain for months. Even though water only dripped from the top, if was still a cool sight to see. I stood and admired its beauty for a lang moment in time and then found some trails to hike.
Casey and I went down by the lake using the Wiregrass Trail and then somehow going a little off road as well. We watched as people swan in the lake and then continued our hike. We circled back to the sinkhole trail, only making it a few steps before discovering it was closed; bummer! Sinkhole perhaps?
Before you visit, make sure you check out the parks website for all of the up-to-date park information: https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/falling-waters-state-park
