A journey through Jackson Falls | Hiking Shawnee National Forest Southern Il.
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- This 3.7 mile hike takes us along the high bluffs looking down to the bottoms below, with views from the top of Jackson Falls, around a vast wilderness with excellent overlooks. We circle down through the bottoms and will gaze up the huge rock formations that tend to draw a lot of climbers to their near vertical faces, and end up beneath one of the many beautiful falls located in the Shawnee National Forest.
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Hoping this winter to get out and see this one. Thanks for the quick tour!
Thank you for watching it is a fun trail!
Been going to Jackson Falls for years with my Scout Troop & solo camping - so much to see in that area! Never gets old!
I agree, great place thanks for stopping by and becoming a subscriber!
Great video, 1 of my favorite places on earth. Love the Shawnee national forest.
Thank you for watching Mike! I love going there when I get the chance!
Thanks for sharing your adventures, it really is a great chance for those of us who are not physically able to get out and enjoy a great day hike.
Thank you for watching! I’m glad you stopped by.
Awesome video. Some of the area reminds me of the Big South Fork in Tn. Thanks for sharing.
Jim Hayes Hiking thanks for watching, yeah it kinda had a TN. Feel in a few spots!
Nice video, I just went there yesterday for the first time and it was great!
Awesome!! Thanks for watching!
The color of that waterfall had a nice color to it & also the views looked amazing! Enjoyed the video brother!
BeckHykes hey thanks! Yeah that was pretty awesome color, it was a great trail! Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment I appreciate it!
Great video! I am hoping to make it out to Shawnee sometime soon.
Great dialogue. 👍 A bit of icy fun too! Such interesting rock formations. 😀 Thanks for the great hike! 🔥
Hey thanks for stopping by! I appreciate the comments! I thought I would try adding a little something to them to make them a little more interesting to watch.
Nice hike. The falls is very beautiful!
waterfallmadman thanks! That’s means a lot coming from the waterfall guru himself! They are awesome, I hope to see bigger soon, I appreciate you stopping in and leaving a comment!
Love those rock formations. Beautiful area for hiking my friend. Cool looking Falls.
Hey thanks for stopping back by! Yes, that was an awesome area! One of my favorites!
What a great hike. I'm going to do snake road this spring and will add this to the list while there. Loved the blue falls, you know that's cold water.
Awesome! You will love it there, yes it was cold, got our feet wet a couple of times! Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment I appreciate it!
Thank you for posting . We loved your video
Beautiful! My kind of terrain. Definitely on my list whenever I make it back to southern Illinois, thanks for sharing!
Thanks for stopping back by! Yes it is a wonderful area,I'm pretty sure you won't find a bad trail in the entire forest! I appreciate you leaving a comment!
That's attractive outdoors.. so much more attractive than the concrete of cities
Awesome boulders and bluffs on that hike. Great job! Definitely on my list now. I can easily fit that in on my next trip back to good ol' West Virginny.
It is an awesome place! Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment! and it is "way off the trail"!
Starting to plan our trip to Shawnee and I found your video. Very well done & informative plus I love your voice! You have a new subscriber!!
Well I certainly appreciate that. We really like it down there as well! You made my day!
Gorgeous spot! The voice-over’s were a nice new touch, well done. I’m gonna have to research backpacking options in the Shawnee!
Chris Dixon Hey thanks man, figured I’d try to shake it up a bit and see if it helps, I’d sure like to hit 500 subs, so I’m trying to see what works, there are a ton of backpacking options there, it would be like home away from home for you.
The Shawnee does NOT disappoint when it comes to hiking or primitive camping options!
Nice landscapes, Like n,27 and Greetings from Italy :)
Thank you for watching!
Very nice video. ✌️
AS THE CROW FLIES HIKING Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it, Thanks for the compliment!
love going here hope in the future to camp here down few campfires tho
very nice place love it
Thank you for stopping by! I appreciate it!
Do you know if there is a trail between jackson falls and bells smith springs or is that a drive only situation?
Hello! Nice to meet you! Love your channel name. We are fairly new as UA-camrs and love meeting and supporting fellow explorers! We will be doing a lot of hiking on our channel as well. Nice - being on top of the waterfall! Very nice narration. Also love rocky trails! This one is definitely going on our to do list (which is getting miles long)! 😅
TerryX2Explore hey, thanks for watching I appreciate that, I’ll definitely check out your channel, we love to Get-Out!
@@GetOutadventure Thank you so much!
Trying to introduce hiking to wife and this looks tempting.
Is that 3.7 miles round-trip?
Thanks
You can take the long way around and yes, or you can just walk in to see the falls and find a shorter way to the bottom as well.
@@GetOutadventure thank you
There is a shorter way.. from the main fall go left and follow the trail about a half mile. Shortly after the wooden foot bridge there is a downdraw people call "the dogwalk".. it is the rock collapse that he went up near the end of the video. Then just backtrack along the bottom. Be careful the place is filled with rock climbers
@@leslietaylor4458 thanks
did you go in the same way as you went in the way you came out scares me i turned around there
We just made the circle and came out that way, after doing it we realized it would have been smarter to enter that way. But I have talked to a few people that had trouble following the trail around. But it is an awesome place and I would like to explore more of it. Thanks for watching! And for the sub!
Howd you get down to the bottom? Take the straight path or fork over the waterfall? How long did it take to get down there from the trailhead?
Mikeycat Outdoors thanks for watching, you would need to stay on the main trail instead of veering left over the waterfall, it’s about a 3 mile loop trail I believe. I think we took our time and did it in an 1 1/2- 2 hrs.
@@GetOutadventure Thanks. I got there in the evening hours and walked a lil bit on both branches. I stayed closer to the trailhead but far enough away from other campers when I was there in July. I went to Bell Smith in the morning so I never got to explore the bottom area. I saw a few rock climbers down there around 8pm when I was setting up camp. I want to go back and explore it some more
Mikeycat Outdoors Bell Smith is one of my favorites! And Panther Den! Have fun out there!
@@GetOutadventure sounds like a winter hot tenting adventure is in my future later this year. Just trying to figure out which wilderness areas I want to backpack an overnight at. Garden of the Gods wilderness area, High Knob, Jackson Falls or Panther Den.
@@MikeycatOutdoors Those are all great choices, guess it just depends on how far you wanna Get-Out in the woods!
Have you checked out goreville falls or burden falls?
debra edwards I have been to burden very nice! Thanks for watching!!
Can you camp at the falls? Is there a time limit?
we seen some folks camping not far from the trail when we were there but it definitely wasn't a dedicated camp spot. but I guess you can technically camp anywhere you want as long as its not blocking a path or fire road.
Yes, and camping is free.. first come first served.. I've camped there a few times. But I hammock camp so my choices are limited, but in the summer you hear wipporwills all night
Hey maybe can help me i am thinking of going down next year when save up money to see Metropolis etc i cant go down those roads in Google Earth, did you come from Ozark and there is signs for Burden Falls, Jackson falls and the other falls so there is signs as go down the .. horrible gravel road? i just dont wanna get lost back there and was that falls you saw there that was possibly .3 mi of a walk like did it take u 10 mins uthink or how much u think it took you just i cant see down that road so when plan it its one of few areas i have no idea if signs so there is signs? for all 3 ? Bell Smith, Jackson and Burden ? or did you see the other 2 any help on either of these be help like said there no street view down there its the only area i cant see or notice but did you also come from Ozark as another question or another town like Eddyville or so i was thinking Ozark best route when i go down. But just hope it dont take too long to get to the falls cus we have limited time when do to see everything i have planned in day and half first day is get down there in 5 hours to Metropolis and some other spots but i wanna get any good but quick views of all 3 if possible or 2 but hmm so damn gravel ...
Yes just go through Ozark you will see the signs. Thanks for watching
@@GetOutadventure thanks and the other 2 is was that first waterfall you went to did it seem like 10 or so mins like when walking did it seem very fast you approached it? and even if gravel was it like real bad or not that bad for gravel there is gravel that dusts up and all rocky bouncing around and then theres some that are not as bad what is your take on the roads of level of bad or not that bad gravel? i just hope its not that much to the falls it seemed like u got there quickly.
@@moontainbew5018 the roads getting there are gravel about like a country driveway it is much like going to Burden Falls, the walk from the trail head is only a short walk to the main fall, the loop trail is kinda hard to follow and would take several hours, the main fall is the best
@@GetOutadventure so its not likely to be bumpy crazy / dust like cus some are like that and some are less bumpy and dusty some back country gravels i rode over 2 formats is all and the dusty ones that when going over it feels like your riding over tons of little bumps and so much gravel dust filling the sides of vehicle then there is some that are less like that but still rocky and not as bad so i was just wanting your view is it less terrible version of gravel or the dust bumpy ones that may pop your tire feeling cus if it is "lesser" that is good i just from feeling both styles i just dont know which u mean is all just wanted your opinion and far as the jackson falls just was curious like if felt like 10 mins u got there or less or so.
But i appreciate the help just my mom be driiving sadly d ue to not able to drive long story of health there but she hates the bumpy rocky dust filled gravel so if its not that bad that be great just from feeling 2 styles of gravel tho both suck if being honest i just curious ur view which it is less bumpy dusty around vehicle i heard from someone that it was terrible roads so my guess is its not good gravel .. so want a 2nd opinion.
@@moontainbew5018 it is dusty unless there was a recent rain
Any snakes?
We didn’t see any, in fact all the hiking we have done in Shawnee we have only came across 1 snake 🐍! Thanks for watching!
Only 7 “beautiful’s”, not bad!🤣
Yeah, I’m trying to cut back on those, I don’t wanna get hit with copyright infringement!