About this spot
Imodium Falls (also called Little Possum Creek Falls) sits along the Cumberland Trail's Possum Creek Gorge section near Soddy-Daisy, reached by a rugged roughly 5-mile round-trip hike past Stack Rock — free public land, no fee, but no formal trailhead lot. The falls drop about 25 feet into a plunge pool documented by hikers and the Cumberland Trail Conservancy as a swimming hole. The creek above is a feared Class V kayak run, paddled only at precise water levels; the falls reportedly got its name from kayakers joking they'd need the medicine before running it. The real hazard is the approach itself: steep, rocky trail with creek crossings that turn dangerous after rain. Access is legal on Cumberland Trail State Park land, but conditions vary with rainfall.