Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Cedar Falls

Around Ohio
 
Our next stop was Cedar Falls, a waterfall located near the lower gorge of Old Man's Cave. Despite the name, there are no cedars in the area. The falls were named by settlers who mistook the plentiful hemlock trees for cedars. Cedar Falls is the largest waterfall in terms of volume in the Hocking Hills area. However, a lack of rain prior to our time there had reduced the flow to a trickle.
Cedar Falls
 
The light from the evening sun shining through the trees onto a cliff on one side of the waterfall made a beautiful pattern on the rock face.
Sunlight on Cliff
 
This massive chunk of rock protruding from the side of a cliff along the hike back seemed like it might be a little unstable.
Bulge on Cliff

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