The 10 Best Cliff Jumping Spots in Alabama

Alabama has 15 documented cliff jumping spots on CliffScout, 11 of them community-verified. These are the standouts — ranked by verification, documentation, and community activity, not hype. Every listing links to a full page with photos, heights, and access notes.

1. 1

   DeSoto Falls Verified

   Mentone

   DeSoto Falls drops 104 feet on the West Fork Little River just north of DeSoto State Park near Mentone/Valley Head, reached by an easy 1.2-mile round-trip trail with informal roadside parking. Locals have jumped for decades from… Full guide →

2. 2

   Mardis Mills Falls Verified

   Blountsville

   Mardis Mill Falls (also called Graves Creek Falls) sits on Graves Creek near Blountsville, Alabama, off Mardis Mill Road. It's an informal access point with no official trailhead — just roadside parking near a bridge and a short… Full guide →

3. 3

   Little Falls (Martha's Falls) Verified

   Fort Payne

   Little Falls, widely known as Martha's Falls or the "Hippie Hole," is a popular swimming and cliff-jumping spot on the Little River in Little River Canyon National Preserve. From the free Little River Falls parking area on AL-35,… Full guide →

4. 4

   Noccalula Falls Verified

   Gadsden

   Noccalula Falls is a 90-foot waterfall inside a 250-acre city park in Gadsden, Alabama, famous for the legend of a Cherokee woman who leapt to her death here rather than accept an arranged marriage, marked today by a bronze… Full guide →

5. 5

   Hippie Hole (Martha's Falls) - Little River Canyon Verified

   Gaylesville

   Hippie Hole - also known locally as Martha's Falls - is an emerald swimming hole inside Little River Canyon National Preserve near Fort Payne, Alabama (the listing's Gaylesville tag is off; that town is well downstream). Direct… Full guide →

6. 6

   High Falls Park cliff jump Verified

   Groveoak

   High Falls Park is a free county park in Grove Oak, near Geraldine, Alabama (DeKalb County), open daily 10am-6pm with free admission and parking. Town Creek spills 35 feet over a 300-foot-wide sandstone ledge, and jumpers use a… Full guide →

7. 7

   Caney Creek Falls Verified

   Haleyville

   Caney Creek Falls (Upper Caney Creek Falls) is a real, heavily visited roughly 20-foot waterfall in Bankhead National Forest's Sipsey Wilderness area, nearest to Haleyville/Double Springs, AL. The short (about 1-1.7 mile) trail… Full guide →

8. 8

   Powell Falls Verified

   Hayden

   Powell Falls is a wide, stepped cascade on the Locust Fork River near Hayden, Alabama, reached only by floating about a mile from the historic Swann Covered Bridge put-in — there's no direct trailhead. The falls drop over mossy,… Full guide →

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   Little River Falls Verified

   Mentone

   Little River Falls sits inside Little River Canyon National Preserve near Fort Payne/Mentone, Alabama, right off AL-35 with a paved overlook and boardwalk steps from the parking lot. The 45-foot falls drops into a wide blue-green… Full guide →

10. 10

    Salt Creek Falls Verified

    Munford

    Salt Creek Falls is a roughly 45-foot cascade on Salt Creek in Talladega National Forest near Munford, Alabama. A moderate ~2.4-mile out-and-back trail with about 350 ft of elevation gain reaches the brink; parking is a small… Full guide →

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