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High Shoals Falls is located at South Mountains State Park in North Carolina. There are many trails through the state park, and the most popular is the High Shoals Falls Loop Trail, although the Two RV Gypsies did NOT hike the Loop Trail, because they chose a much shorter trail and easier trail, only one mile long. Absolutely no swimming is permitted near the falls, as deaths and injuries have occurred through the years, primarily to people who swim at the top of the falls.
As of this date in 2013, Four people have died at High
Shoals Falls since 1993, including a 17-year-old who fell to his death
on June 14, 2011. |
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Views of Shinny Creek from along the High Shoals Falls Trail |
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Below: Shinny
Creek (pronounced shiny) is named after the shiny flakes of mica in
the creek sands. When biotite (black mica) weathers, it takes on a golden
color and resembles flakes of gold. Also, some colorless to silvery
white flakes of muscovite mica may occur. |
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Below: Jacob's
Fork River has several small cascades both upstream and downstream from
High Shoals Falls. |
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Below: The
two RV Gypsies enjoyed the view from the bridge: a cascade of water
- this is NOT the main waterfall. |
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Below: A big, free-standing boulder with water| cascading down |
A cascade of water -
this is not the main waterfall |
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Below: The roots of a tree grew right
over a big rock |
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Below: Karen Duquette at
a lookout point, enjoying the view |
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Below: A giant boulder
alongside the trail
that some young people chose to try to climb. |
Below: The Two RV Gypsies enjoying
the great weather In North Carolina |
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Below: The waterfall
is on the Jacob's Fork River, flowing over a large rock outcropping
in the South Mountains of North Carolina. The river continues over a
series of cascades for approximately 1/4 mile past the falls, where
the stream loses approximately 300 feet in elevation. The falls is owned
by the State of North Carolina, which owns and operates South Mountains
State Park. The South Mountains, carved out of the Blue Ridge by erosion,
are a broad belt of peaks and knobs rising abruptly from a deep valley.
These steep, rugged mountains encompass 100,000 acres in Burke, Cleveland
and Rutherford counties. Water winding through the park to the Catawba
River cuts deep into the terrain, forming rugged and steep slopes. |
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