Bald River Falls is among the 50-plus waterfalls in Polk, McMinn and Monroe counties being promoted this summer by the Tennessee Overhill Heritage Association. The group exists to increase tourism business in those counties.FOR MORE INFORMATIONIn person: At most U.S. Forest Service sites near each fall or at the Coker Creek Welcome Center on Highway 68 in Monroe CountyOnline: At www.tennesseeoverhill.com or www.fs.usda.gov/cherokee
What’s so great about watching water fall off a cliff?
Sandy Brewer knows.
“We take them for granted, because we grow up with them,” said Brewer, tourism coordinator with the Tennessee Overhill Heritage Association. “But talk to someone from the Great Plains and you begin to understand how fascinating they are.”
Overhill is a tourism association based in Etowah, Tenn., that serves Polk, McMinn and Monroe counties, the southern half of the Cherokee National Forest.