14th Stop - Cumberland Falls Resort State Park (KY)

Blog Post #21 - Written June 27, 2025

Stay: June 4-5, 2025


  For this short stay, we boondocked at the Corinth Baptist Church in London, KY. They are kind enough to allow RVers to stay in the field across from their church. Shortly after we arrived, we saw something we'd never seen before...a helicopter flying around with 3 men dangling from a 100-foot cable below! It was tough to capture a good picture, but very cool to see in person through our binoculars.

 

 

I loved waking up to the early morning sunrises over the misty field here. So pretty!


The next morning, we drove out to Cumberland Falls Resort State Park, an unfortunately long 45+ minute drive away. The kids surprised us by cheering that we'd be stuck in the car so long again; they were excited to get so much time to continue drawing! When we arrived, a ranger was walking out with a little box and asked if we wanted to see what was inside. It was a bat pup! The Falls themselves were pretty cool, but of course the kids were more interested in the mining sluice haha. They found quite a few beautiful gemstones sifting through the rough. Megan and I learned that Cumberland Gap (about 65 miles up the Cumberland River) is where most of the settlers crossed through the Appalachian Mountains (previously thought to be impassable) to settle the West. Daniel Boone was one of the early explorers of this area around 1770. He's a big folk hero in Kentucky! The first white people to discover Cumberland Falls were floating down the river in 1780 when they heard the roar of the falls. They abandoned ship and swam to shore, watching their boat disappear over the falls. Miraculously, their boat survived and they were able to hike down around the falls and get back in to continue their journey!



We drove across the bridge to the other side of the Falls to go on a little hike to Eagle Falls, as we'd heard there was a sweet swimming hole there. As we started, a couple groups leaving warned us that they'd seen multiple copperheads on the trail. We were obviously very excited and kept our eyes peeled...but no such luck  :(   We did see a black rat snake though, so I guess we can't complain too much. We also saw the biggest tree burl I've ever seen! 

                                            

                                     


Eagle Falls was awesome. The water was cold, but so clear and deep enough to jump in! Megan and I were talking afterwards that while Cumberland Falls was neat to see, we probably would've been a little disappointed if we hadn't made the extra effort to hike to Eagle Falls. 

                         

                                             

Video: Jumping into Eagle Falls

Video: Bigger jump into Eagle Falls

Short Video: I ferried the kids across the pool to the other side. Zeb decided to throw a private dance party haha.


On our hike back, we found an Eastern Dobsonfly and a Dark Fishing Spider. They make bugs bigger in the South!





















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