About
LocationAL
RegionEtowah County
SizeMedium — about a day
Acres252 acres

Noccalula Falls Park is a 250-acre public park located in Gadsden, Alabama, United States. The main feature of the park is a 90-foot waterfall. Trails wind through Black Creek Gorge past caves, an aboriginal fort, an abandoned dam, pioneer homestead, and Civil War carvings. The park also features a petting zoo, mini-golf course, the Gilliland-Reese Covered Bridge and a replica 1863 C. P. Huntington train ride. Noccalula Falls Park was listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on May 12, 1976. It was rated in 2017 as the best campsite in Alabama in a 50-state survey conducted by MSN.com. The falls drop itself has been run successfully in whitewater kayaks on multiple occasions, beginning in late November 2011 when three expert kayakers ran the drop. The water level was unusually high, permitting a deep enough pool to form at the base of the falls. Local law enforcement has since issued citations to paddlers for running the falls, as the state does not consider this stretch a state-owned water bottom. The Noccalula Falls Botanical Gardens displays over 25,000 azaleas.

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Trails (4)
  • Drift Mine0.2 mi · Easy · 76 ft up · 15 min · from Noccalula Falls Park
  • Gorge Trail0.6 mi · Easy · 58 ft up · 15 min · from Noccalula Falls Park
  • Moonshine Ridge0.5 mi · Easy · 47 ft up · 15 min · from Noccalula Falls Park
  • Whatley Trail0.7 mi · Easy · 79 ft up · 30 min · from Noccalula Falls Park

Trail data: USGS National Map / PAD-US, the National Park Service, state agencies, and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

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