94:. Nearly all of the waterfalls are visible from the Falls Trail built by Ricketts, which the state park rebuilt in the 1940s and late 1990s. The trail has been called "the most magnificent hike in the state" and one of "the top hikes in the East". The waterfalls are on the section of Kitchen Creek that flows down the
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