The Obed river system cuts through another area of the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee. It consists of sections of four streams: Daddys Creek, Clear Creek, Emory River and the Obed River. It is a part of the National Park system. Any time we are near a "wild and scenic river" we know we are going to have a great hike! Hard to go wrong with this kind of scenery.
We hiked about 6 1/2 miles, saw one waterfall from above, scrambled around another beautiful waterfall and looked down off the plateau from overlooks to the river below. We believe we did a combination of the Lily Bluff, Bridge Trail and Point Trail. So much left to hike should we come this way again!
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| Obed river. It had rained heavily the day before and the river was high! |
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| off we go! |
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| saw this waterfall from the trail but no way to access |
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| worked our way down off trail to check out this beautiful waterfall system! |
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| back on the trail the waterfall is almost hidden! |
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| lady slipper orchids with a couple of pure white moths hanging on |
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| look down for the river |
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| just a little bit of green here;) |
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| streams flowing everywhere! |
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| the trail even has a small arch |
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| forest trails are soft underfoot with lots of obstacles |
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| colorful blue and green lizard missing the end of his tail |
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| Another wow moment! |
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