Yahoo Falls Big South Fork National Recreation Area Kentucky Yahoo Falls located in the Kentucky section of the Big South Fork National Recreation Area is often touted a Kentucky's tallest waterfall at 113 ft. but myself and several others disagree with that claim. Nonetheless, not only is it a really cool waterfall but it is also has a massively awesome sandstone recess that rivals Ash Cave in Ohio's Hocking Hills State Park. The watershed is small and it takes quite a bit of water to get it really going, but even if there isn't much flow the recess makes up for it as on one side massive boulders litter the "cave" floor and the other side is smooth, it is truly a sight to behold. On this trip I was hoping for that epic event after a night of heavy rain and storms but alas, it didn't reach such great heights. That was OK though, it was enough for me to walk away finally getting to see the potential I knew this waterfall has always had.
Yahoo Falls Big South Fork National Recreation Area Kentucky Of all the times I've visited Yahoo Falls in Kentucky's Big South Fork National Recreation Area I never realized there was a natural overlook for the falls. I noticed my good friend Greg Davis had perched himself there when we first arrived and I couldn't resist making the easy scramble up to join him and wow! What a view! Looking down on nearly 2/3rds of the 130 ft. waterfall you really got the sense of how large the sandstone recession was as well as how tall the waterfall really was. This was the first time I'd visited the falls with a significant water flow, normally I'm stuck just shooting the recession and the last time I visited I decided I wasn't coming back till it was looking good. After a night of heavy rain, you couldn't have asked for better!
Yahoo Falls Yahoo Falls Recreation Area Big South Fork National Recreation Area Kentucky I had been waiting years to capture the towering Yahoo Falls in the Kentucky section of The Big South Fork National Recreation Area after a good rain and this past January I finally got my chance. Although it wasn't epic, it was really nice and I got to hang out with good friend and fellow photographer Greg Davis. If it wasn't for Greg I would have never taken this shot. When we arrived Greg made is way to an outcropping high above the trail at the mouth of the massive rock house that is behind the falls. Of all the times I'd been to the falls I'd never noticed it before, so I decided to join him. On my way down I decided to work my way in a direction I'd never been before where I found this perspective of the falls. I'm just glad that the level of water had me wanting to explore, since before this shot, I never really had.
