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hike - five hours - three waterfalls - May 9, 2010 1. Hooker Falls 2. Triple Falls (this page) 3. High Falls and the Covered Bridge |
| Geology: Triple Falls is a 125-foot waterfall that flows on the Little River through the Dupont State Forest in Transylvania County. It is one of 4 major waterfalls on the Little River in this area, the others being High Falls, Hooker Falls, and Bridal Veil Falls. Triple Falls has 3 distinct, different types of waterfalls. | |
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Falls has been known for years to local residents. In the 1990s, Dupont
Forest was sold to the State of North Carolina, and as Dupont has completed
cleanup of various areas, those areas have been made open to the public.
A photograph of Triple Falls was one of the tools used to convince the state
to purchase the property, which is now a 10,000-acre state forest. |
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| First views of the Triple Falls from the hiking trail |
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| After descending steps down to the falls, Lee Duquette stood on a ledge beside the lower falls, then turned around to look at the river below. | |
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Below: Karen
Duquette enjoyed the same view from beside the lower falls |
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| Below: The view from the ledge beside the lower falls, looking towards the middle and upper falls - the small dots on the rocks are people. | |
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| Below: Then the two RV Gypsies walked towards the middle and upper falls. The rocks were wet and a bit slippery. | |
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Below: The
two RV Gypsies at the bottom of the middle falls. |
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| Below: Many people were coming down from the upper area (some slid down on their butts). It is much steeper then it appears in the photo. Even the dog had to think twice before climbing down the rocks. | |
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Below: Looking
down from the middle falls area at the rocks, as the two RV Gypsies climbed
higher. |
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Below: Karen
Duquette beside the middle falls - the dots below on the rocks are people. |
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Below: Looking
down from beside the middle falls area |
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Below: The
upper falls area |
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Below: The
two RV Gypsies by the upper falls area |
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lunch
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| Lee Duquette found a spot to enjoy a picnic lunch on the ledge between the middle falls and the upper falls - right beside the middle falls. | View of the lunch spot beside the middle falls as seen from below |
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Below: Lee Duquette
enjoyed lunch on the edge |
Karen Duquette's
feet enjoyed the rest at lunch time |
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Below: A close-up view
of the middle falls, taken as the two RV Gypsies enjoyed their lunch |
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Below: Looking
down the middle falls from the lunch spot of the two RV Gypsies |
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The two RV Gypsies in North Carolina You may visit any of these 6 web pages in any order you wish. The page you are on is grayed out and cannot be chosen from here. |
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Dupont State Forest in Cedar Mountain - Hooker Falls |
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Dupont State Forest
in Cedar Mountain -Triple Falls (this page) |
Dupont State Forest in Cedar Mountain -High Falls and a covered bridge |
Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock Village |
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| 1. Valley
Park Resort in Travelers Rest, South Carolina 2. Downtown Greenville and some History of the area 3. The Liberty Bridge at Falls Park, Greenville, South Carolina
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After you have viewed all 6 of the above North Carolina photos, please continue on to 
