About this spot
Hen Wallow Falls is a 90-95 ft waterfall in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, reached via the NPS-maintained Gabes Mountain Trail from the Cosby Picnic Area (4.4 miles round trip, moderate difficulty). The creek narrows to about two feet at the lip, then fans across a bulging rock face to roughly 20 feet wide at the base, feeding a shallow pool documented by the National Park Service and many hiking guides as good for wading. This is a wading-and-viewing spot, not a jumping one — at 90+ feet the drop is far too tall and the rock too undercut to safely climb or jump. Trail sections are steep and rocky with limited cell service, and flash flooding is possible after heavy rain.
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