Falling Waters State Park

State Park Florida

Visited November 2015

Entrance sign for Falling Waters State Park

Falling Waters State Park is located in the Florida Panhandle about three miles of Chipley, FL, and is easily accessible from I-10. Besides a 24-site campground, the main feature of the park is the highest waterfall in Florida. It has a drop of 73' and what makes it truly unique is that its fall is into a deep sinkhole.

We called on the Thursday morning of our proposed arrival and were told there were a few sites available, but the... — We called on the Thursday morning of our proposed arrival and were told there were a few sites available, but the park was booked full for the weekend. When we arrived we were assigned to site 3, one of three handicapped-accessible sites. It had a cement pad and a paved walkway to the bathhouse.

Greetings from

Falling Waters State Park

We called on the Thursday morning of our proposed arrival and were told there were a few sites available, but the park was booked full for the weekend. When we arrived we were assigned to site 3, one of three handicapped-accessible sites. It had a cement pad and a paved walkway to the bathhouse.

Ribbit! The WxToad

Around the campground

Sites 1 and 2 are the other two accessible sites.

Sites 7 and 5 are back-in sites. Off to the right is an open area with a volleyball court and horseshoe pits.

Site 12 is a rather large site with a more open feel to it.

Site 16 is the empty site in the foreground, with site 19 in the background.

Sites 15 and 17. That is a beautiful hand-built wooden teardrop trailer on the left.

There are two tent sites, number 18 (in the foreground) and 20 in the background.

Site 21 is a smaller site separated from one of the park's host campsites by a wooden fence.

Site 24 is at the end of the camp road turn-around.

A short walk from the campground is a small lake with a nice beach and swimming area. I had to chuckle when I saw the alligator warning sign right beside the swimming area.

The bathhouse is on the small side and a bit dated, but it was clean and provided free hot showers. Construction has started on an addition to the bathhouse, which hopefully will improve accessibility.

There are several short trails in the park. A must is the hike to the falls.

There are several long boardwalks along the trails.

And here it is - Florida's highest waterfall at 73'. Kinda weird, though: you look down at the falls instead of up. The falls doesn't seem to have a name in any park literature; my suggestion would be "Sinkhole Falls".

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