Baby Falls (Tellico River)
Popular 15-foot waterfall and swimming/tubing spot along the scenic Tellico River.
Swimming Holes
Blue Hole – Ocoee River
Deep, clear pool on the Upper Ocoee near the 1996 Olympic whitewater venue; popular for jumping and snorkeling.
Greenbrier (Little Pigeon River)
Deep sections of the Little Pigeon River near the Greenbrier entrance, good for both swimming and sunbathing.
Abrams Falls swimming hole
One of the most impressive swimming holes in the Smokies; a wide (~100 ft) pool beneath Abrams Falls in Cades
The Sinks (Little River)
Popular, powerful swimming hole created inadvertently by early-1900s logging operations; deep pool below a cascade.
Metcalf Bottoms (Little River)
Family-friendly picnic area with several shallow swimming holes ideal for wading, floating, and tubing.
Townsend Wye (“The Y”)
A fork in the Little River popular for tubing and swimming, with small rapids, a jump-off rock, and large pools.
Midnight Hole (Big Creek)
One of the most famous swimming holes in the Smokies — an emerald pool between boulders fed by a small
Palo Duro Canyon State Park
The ‘Grand Canyon of Texas’; the Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River runs through it but there is no dedicated
Lake Mackenzie (Tule Canyon)
A clear, cool ~900-acre reservoir dammed within scenic Tule Canyon in the Panhandle.