Little Stony & Devil's Bathtub

Sunday morning, we left Kentucky heading east into Virginia.  Our first stop was at the Little Stony Falls Trail in Jefferson National Forest.  We didn't arrive until after 1030 and still we were the first car, so we took advantage and hit the trail.  Soon, we crossed the creek on a footbridge just above Upper Little Stony Falls.

Just past the bridge, a path led down to the base of the falls.

It's a really pretty one and probably the most well known of the three.

A few more people were showing up, so we took off to stay ahead of the crowd.  Soon, there was another footbridge and Middle Little Stony Falls was just downstream.

The Middle Falls was probably the smallest, but really scenic.

A little further on the trail, we passed Lower Little Stony Falls.

The trail was pretty high above the creek here and it was a steep scramble down to the base, but worth it for such a pretty waterfall.

We followed the trail a little further, to another bridge where Ramey Branch flowed into Little Stony Creek and then turned around.

From here, we headed to the Devil's Bathtub.  Since Little Stony wasn't too crowded, we were hoping Devil's Bathtub would be the same, but no such luck.  We parked at the overflow parking on Route 619 and walked the road into the forest.  There were at least a dozen wet crossings of the creek to reach the Devil's Bathtub.

A small cascading waterfall tumbled into the pool.

A lot of people were jumping in the pool, but the water was very cold.

It was so crowded, we just got a couple pictures and then headed back.

From here, we drove to Grundy and checked into the Comfort Inn, our last stop of the trip.  We had pizza for dinner and then went to bed.