Falling Waters State Park is the only place in Florida where visitors can see a 70-foot-tall waterfall! It was a nice little park that had nice walking to the falls. Hurricane Michael was a very powerful and destructive tropical cyclone that became the first Category 5 hurricane to strike the contiguous United States since Andrew in 1992. The damage from the hurricane had been cleaned up some. The strongest hurricane ever to strike the Panhandle devastated Florida’s network of awarding-winning state parks. Dunes are gone at St. Joseph Peninsula State Park. "Michael took it apart." The state park was recently listed by USA Today's Top Ten. The storm surge that pushed through T.H.

The water line on St. Joseph Peninsula State Park, which was once buried under the sand, is now visible throughout the park, Monday, Jan. 14, 2019. The National Hurricane Center says that Michael could be the worst storm to hit the Florida Panhandle. The "hole" that the water falls into was not something I could look into as my fear of heights got the best of me, but I enjoyed the view of the falling water, hearing it, experiencing the fresh air and the birds… Other state parks in the region also got wrecked by Hurricane Michael. CHIPLEY - Falling Waters State Park has been named one of 10 best state parks in the Panhandle. Falling Waters State Park, near Chipley, contains the state's biggest waterfall. The park's iconic waterfall flooded well above the viewing deck. When there is sufficient rainfall in the area, surface water flows down a small stream channel and over the rim of a large, circular depression and cascades some 70 feet before disappearing into a cave. While there wasn't significant building damage in the park…

It was nice to have water actually falling this time. The water at the lake was all the way up to the sidewalk. This was my second trip to the state park, and my daughter and her boyfriend’s first trip. We had a nice walk through. LIBERTY COUNTY, Fla. (The News Service of Florida) - Portions of Torreya State Park in Liberty County reopened Wednesday for the first time since Hurricane Michael swept through Northwest Florida. I just wish it would have been more. "On its forecast track," the Hurricane Center said, "the center of Michael will move across the northeastern Gulf of Mexico this morning. Falling Waters State Park: Post hurricane - See 301 traveler reviews, 234 candid photos, and great deals for Chipley, FL, at Tripadvisor. The park, which experienced significant damage from Hurricane Michael – including downed trees and debris, facility, boardwalk, road and trail damage – was partially reopened following three weeks of clean-up and repair. When there is sufficient rainfall in the area, surface water flows down a small stream channel and over the rim of a large, circular depression and cascades some 70 feet before disappearing into a cave. Falling Waters State Park is the only place in Florida where visitors can see a 70-foot-tall waterfall! In addition, it was the third-most intense Atlantic hurricane to make landfall in the contiguous United States in terms of pressure , behind the 1935 Labor Day hurricane and Hurricane Camille in 1969 . Some of the parks are open but their most significant features are still closed. Hurricane Michael was so powerful that when it hit the Florida Panhandle last fall, it tore a state park in two. The Department of Environmental Protection’s Florida Park Service has reopened portions of Falling Waters State Park for day use following the impacts of Hurricane Michael.

"It is always an exciting thing (to be recognized)," said Park Manager Aaron Miller. WASHINGTON COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Falling Waters State Park in Chipley reopened last Tuesday.
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