{"id":458,"date":"2012-05-27T16:35:30","date_gmt":"2012-05-27T21:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/?p=458"},"modified":"2012-09-16T16:50:49","modified_gmt":"2012-09-16T21:50:49","slug":"burgess-falls-state-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/?p=458","title":{"rendered":"Burgess Falls State Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Burgess Falls State Park is just a little south of Cookeville, Tennessee. The park itself is rather small, upon entering it you are almost immediately in the parking lot. There is a playground, picnic area and access to the river above the upper falls which consists of a lot of little uneven ledges and mini-cascades. This is a popular swimming and play area with kids.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_459\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-459\" style=\"width: 482px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/upstream.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-459\" title=\"upstream\" src=\"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/upstream.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"482\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/upstream.jpg 482w, http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/upstream-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-459\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Burgess Falls picnic area<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A trail leads downstream along one bank of the river. This passes upper falls which is river-wide and then middle falls. The trail is well above the river when it reaches middle falls.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_460\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-460\" style=\"width: 486px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/middle_falls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-460\" title=\"middle_falls\" src=\"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/middle_falls.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"486\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/middle_falls.jpg 486w, http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/middle_falls-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-460\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Middle Falls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>High Falls at the end of the trail is an impressive sight. High cliff walls on the far side of the river make for a remarkable backdrop.  In this picture there are people swimming in several areas at the base of the falls as well as climbing on the lower portions.  From the falls viewpoint, a trail descends to the rocks \/ &#8216;beach&#8217; at the base.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_461\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-461\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/high_falls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-461\" title=\"high_falls\" src=\"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/high_falls.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/high_falls.jpg 490w, http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/high_falls-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-461\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">High Falls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burgess Falls State Park is just a little south of Cookeville, Tennessee. The park itself is rather small, upon entering it you are almost immediately in the parking lot. There is a playground, picnic area and access to the river above the upper falls which consists of a lot of little uneven ledges and mini-cascades. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/?p=458\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Burgess Falls State Park<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiking","category-waterfalls"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=458"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":462,"href":"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458\/revisions\/462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}