Swimming

This 0.8 mile out-and-back trail descends about 150 feet to Firescald Creek and the Blue Hole. It’s easy for most of the way, with some steeply rocky going at the end. Swimming here can start as early as mid-March, in a warm year. No floats allowed. 

The tallest falls in the Park, the 60-foot Foster Falls can be viewed from a handicapped-accessible viewing platform just 1/4 mile from the Foster Falls parking area. For a better look, take the trail past the viewing platform and descend into the gorge at the base of the falls, where there is a popular popular swimming hole.

One of the best short hikes in the entire Park, this 2-mile circuit takes in tumbling cascades, several waterfalls and swimming holes, as well as the remains of a CCC camp, old mines, native American hunting shelters and a moonshine still. An additional, moderately difficult 1.6-mile out-and-back spur takes you to Sycamore Falls.

An easy 1.3 mile roundtrip hike circling the Grundy Lakes and viewing the site of coke ovens from the early 20th century. This site also includes multiple picnic areas, a swimming area and playground.