Tallulah Gorge Museum

This is a photo of the Tallulah Falls state park museum and interpretive center taken from across the gorge.

Tallulah gorge is a canyon nearly 1000 ft deep created by the Tallulah river and is home to a series of tremendous waterfalls.

The gorge was once a resort lined with victorian style hotels and visited by so many tourists that it was nick-named the Niagara of the south. The Tallulah Falls railroad was extended from Cornelia, GA to bring tourists from Atlanta. One of the old pilings from this railroad where it crossed the lake appears in my photo Lonely Piling

Over the years the railroad fell apart and the hotels were destroyed in a series of fires. However, the gorge is still visited by thousands of tourists and adventurists each year … and of course, shutterbugs like me who scour the surrounding forest for photographs of the abundant Appalachian wildflowers.

Please follow this link for more information on Tallulah Falls Gorge.

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