Tallulah Gorge State Park

Tallulah Gorge in northeastern Georgia is a two-mile-long canyon cut up to 1,000 feet through Precambrian quartzite and metamorphic rock by the Tallulah River. The gorge was one of the most-visited natural attractions in the southeastern United States in the late nineteenth century before the river was dammed, and it remains dramatic even with reduced water flow. A suspended bridge crosses the gorge at rim level, and seasonal flow releases through the spillway create conditions for Class IV and V whitewater kayaking in the gorge floor.