If you are on the I-65 going northeast of Bowling Green, then at about 20 miles, take the Louis B. Driving from Bowling Green to Seventy Six Falls We’re not sure if signs were taken down (to discourage visitation due to the tragedies possibly) or if they were never there to begin with.īut given our experience with most of the Southern waterfalls being well signposted, the absence of such signage during our visit was definitely noticeable. Oddly enough there was an absence of signage for the Seventy Six Falls when we pursued it in our Appalachians 2012 trip. We continued on route 3062 for another 1.7 miles to the parking area on the left side of the road. We then turned right onto Hwy 734 and then an immediate right at the fork onto Hwy 3062 (Seventy Six Falls Rd according to my map ). Context of the parking area and the steps leading closer to the Seventy Six Falls Within Monticello (the nearest town to the falls, I believe), we turned left onto Hwy 90, headed west and left town as we continued for another 18.6 miles. We then went about 31 miles on Hwy 92 towards the town of Monticello. Then, we turned right onto US27 (going north) and drove for about 3.5 miles before the Hwy 92 continued on the left. Driving from Williamsburg to Seventy Six Fallsįrom Williamsburg, we went about 20 miles west on Hwy 92. I’m sure there are many ways of getting here, but we’ll just describe our route so at least you have a sense of how long it took us and the directions when you get close to the falls itself. We came to Seventy-Six Falls from Williamsburg, KY en route to Mammoth Cave National Park. For information or inquiries about the area as well as current conditions, I think you can still try to visit the Lake Cumberland website. Therefore, I don’t know who administers this waterfall. Seventy Six Falls resides outside Lake Cumberland State Resort Park near Snow in Clinton County, Kentucky. I figured you’d get an unusual perspective of the Seventy-Six Falls from here, but I have yet to see in the literature anyone capturing such a view by foot or by boat so I’m not even sure how feasible that view would be.įinally, I’ve read in the literature that this waterfall got its name from the numerical value given to the survey area that covered this region. Another look at the Seventy-Six Falls from the sanctioned overlookįinally, I’d imagine that if there was enough water on Lake Cumberland, you could conceivably boat your way towards the side arm of the lake that led to this canyon. The trail even kept going beyond the overlook, but unfortunately, we didn’t go further to see where it went so we can’t say anything more about it. There are stairs that parallel the road a short distance before going up more steps towards a lookout with a flat concrete railing.Īs you can see from the photo at the top of this page, the views of Seventy-Six Falls from this lookout were quite good. Experiencing Seventy-Six Falls The Much Better Way The flat barricade at the overlook of the Seventy Six Falls that was way safer than the other side by the picnic areaįrom the small parking lot, instead of going straight to the sheltered picnic area at the top of Seventy-Six Falls, go on the trail to the right. That was where I noticed a cliff-hugging ledge right behind a fence urging visitors not to go onto this ledge with fatally high drop offs.įurther complicating matters was that there was a tree blocking the view of Seventy-Six Falls from here, which meant you’d have to go even further along the ledge in order to get beyond the tree obstacle.Īnd that’s where I think people have died, which is especially tragic when you consider that there’s a much easier way to experience this waterfall without risking your life. Unfortunately, the views from up here were not very satisfying so the next thing to do would be to try to improve upon the view. Looking towards an inlet from Lake Cumberland from the picnic area atop Seventy Six Falls (and a potential danger spot for improving the view of the waterfall) Then, after crossing a bridge over the waterfall’s feeding creek, I ended up at the sheltered picnic area near the brink of Seventy-Six Falls. Without knowing any better, I just followed a trail that went down some steps from the small parking lot (see directions below). It turned out that the inherent danger at this waterfall came from attempting to get a good view of it. In general, waterfalls tend to be located in places with dropoffs and cliff exposure (because that’s how waterfalls get formed in the first place), but Seventy-Six Falls took the danger up another level. Seventy Six Falls was kind of an ominous waterfall for us because we noticed three shrines or crosses that we believe commemorated loved ones who probably lost their lives here.Īfter our visit to this plunging waterfall (I don’t know how tall it is though I’d guess it’s around 90ft or so), it became apparent why people might have lost their lives at this spot.
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