Yahoo Falls

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Historic Yahoo Falls is located in McCreary County, Kentucky, 0.24 miles off Highway 700.

1 Description
2 History
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6 Further reading

[edit] Description

A Scenic overlook marks the trail from the highway to the falls, which stand 113 feet (34.8 metres), making Yahoo Falls arguably the tallest in Kentucky. A similar waterfall in the Red River Gorge is said to exceed Yahoo Falls in height by a few inches. Further along, the trail leads to the Yahoo Arch.

[edit] History

Created in 1937, Cumberland National Forest, now Daniel Boone National Forest, including the Falls and surrounding second-growth timberland is owned by the Federal government and management of it is entrusted to the U.S. Forest Service, an agency of the Department of Agriculture.

Forest supervisor, Robert Collins created the Yahoo Falls Recreation Area in the 1960s. The decision was made to turn Yahoo Falls into an accessble scenic attraction in an effort to lure visitors to the Stearns Ranger District. An all-weather road was built to the top of the gorge and a picnic area and primitive campsite was established. Trails were constructed and a long flight of steel stairs led visitors down into the gorge past cliffs and nearly vertical lush slopes adorned with mountain laurel, rhododendron, and many threatened and endangered species of plants.1.^[1]