This is a moderately strenuous (1.3 miles down, 1.3 miles back up) with a couple of add ons if you're interested in doing more than 2.6 miles. We weren't. So we only saw the top of the 83' falls, which wasn't 100% spectacular, but our party wasn't up to the extra 1.3 miles (and another couple of stories down) to get to the base of the falls. I have no regrets, thanks to this lovely creek that you walk beside for about 0.5 miles. It was everything a creek should be - meandering, singing, full of snags and rocks and interesting bits. This walk took us through a unique ecosystem called Appalachian Rich Cove Forest, only found in Shenandoah.
This is also Rattlesnake territory (big sign at start of walk) but we didn't see one (much to Mr nearly 6's disappointment). We had our plan all worked out too, if we saw one, we were backing away from it then zooming in with the camera and taking a photo (his idea).
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