Waterfalls are magical places for Scott and me. There is something about the sound of the rushing water leading to it crashing down below. In the spray, we find rainbows which always bring a smile to our faces. We decided in 2020 we would “collect” twenty water features that fit into the “waterfall” category. We took the year and found eleven waterfalls, one Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) dams, one Work Projects Administration (WPA) dam, six spillways, and one cascade. We did not have any criteria as to what to look for, we just tailored our travel plans to finding water features. It may not sound surprising or magical, but where we found the waterfalls blew us away.
We started to write about this project before and, honestly, got distracted by everything that was going on in our lives. You can read the first article (waterfalls 1-4) CLICK HERE.
To read about Natural Dam, waterfall #5, CLICK HERE, Charlotte Lake Spillway, waterfall #6 CLICK HERE, Butcher Falls, waterfall #7 CLICK HERE, Grand Falls, waterfall #8 CLICK HERE, Tanyard CreeK Falls, waterfall #9 CLICK HERE, Dripping Springs, waterfall #10 CLICK HERE, Crowley Lake Falls, waterfall #11 CLICK HERE, and Bixhoma Lake's waterfall, waterfall #12 CLICK HERE.
Oklahoma really stepped up when it came to the waterfalls, granted most of them were spillways but nature did its thing and turned them into beautiful pieces of art. We were driving along Highway 10 where it parallels the Illinois River area in the Cherokee County area one day. Scott was looking over the map and noticed the J. T. Nickel Family Nature and Wildlife Preserve. It would enable us to drive along the east side of the Illinois River and experience the less “popular” side.
As we took the “gravel” roads, we came across an area where an interesting waterfall appeared. This was the Cherokee Bathtub Rocks waterfall. The rock is Burgen Sandstone and the deep impressions in the rock looked almost like bathtubs; hence the name. These geologic tub formations were created by fast rushing water running over the rock for thousands of years.
This area is more known than Scott and I thought. In the summer months, hundreds of people come here to cool down in the extremely clear, refreshing water to escape the summer heat. Because of this, the area has begun to see the impact of litter and graffiti. The Nature Conservancy and J. T. Nickel Family Nature and Wildlife Preserve are doing what they can to educate the visitors and do weekly clean-ups.
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