11/13/04 - This beautiful 40' waterfall is on private property but the landowners have been gracious enough to allow the public to visit. If you decide to go, please respect the land so it will remain open for all to see. Dana and I had just been to Lower and Upper Piney Falls and we tried to squeeze this one in before it got dark. We barely made it and I had to use a shutter speed slower than I like to get any kind of shot. This is a waterfall I've got to get back to for further exploration and enjoyment.

Directions: From Knoxville, take I-40 west and exit on to Hwy 27 south - I think it's exit 347. Drive south on Hwy 27 for 20-25 miles and look for Hwy 68 west in Spring City. Turn right on 68 and drive 5 miles to the little town of Grandview. When we got back to Hwy 68 from Lower and Upper Piney Falls, we took a left on 68, then a right on Possum Trot Rd, so this is the area you want to be looking in. Once on Possum Trot, drive 4.4 miles and turn right. I don't remember this road having a sign, but I might have missed it. Drive another 1/2 mile or so and turn left on a 1 lane drive. This is supposed to be Big Neck Rd - you will have passed a Big Neck Rd farther back on Possum Trot, but we were following the directions in the Plumb book and this is the way he said to go. Drive another 1.4 miles on Big Neck passing a farm house on the left. The landowner lives here. Pavement ends and the road turns to gravel. Park off the road at the 1st gate on the right after the road turns to gravel, but don't block the gate. Walk through the gate and follow the fence line down. Cross another barbed wire gate and continue down taking any right fork you come to. This old road heads down to the creek and to an area just below the waterfall.

Laurel Creek spills over a ledge into a nice pool. It looks like you can get behind the waterfall, but we didn't have time to investigate. We will next time!