About this spot
Otter Falls is a 15-foot waterfall on Valley Creek inside a dedicated Seven Devils town park, reached by an 0.6-mile trail dropping about 230 feet from a small parking area on Skyland Drive to a streamside observation deck. Multiple visitor accounts describe scrambling down past the deck to the plunge pool to wade and swim, especially in warmer months (roughly March-October). The pool is compact and rocky-bottomed, so depth varies with recent rainfall; check flow before attempting any jump, since low water exposes rock. Trails are well-graded but steep and can be slick when wet, and leashed dogs are allowed. No official swimming or jumping ban is documented, but this is a small, family-oriented park, so be mindful of other visitors and observe posted signage on site.