20 Surprising Waterfalls of 2020 - #14

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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 HEREm Crowley Lake Falls, waterfall #11 CLICK HERE Bixhoma Lake Waterfall, waterfall #12 CLICK HERE, and Cherokee Bathtub Rocks, waterfall #13.




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The one Work Projects Administration (WPA) dam on our list is located just outside the county seat of Okmulgee County. It is a hand-cut, local stone dam that resembles a staircase when it is not running. The Okmulgee and Dripping Springs Lake and Recreation Area was once an Oklahoma State Park (1963). In 2015 it was given back to the city of Okmulgee.

Like the Devil’s Den State Park’s CCC dam, this was a project designed to help men out of work feed and care for their families. Originally this was an earthen dam built in 1927 when Okmulgee needed a water source for the county’s citizens. Unfortunately, the dam was washed out in a flood giving the WPA an opportunity to create this county their lake back.


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The stone used in the building of the dam dates back to the Pennsylvanian Period and this area is one of the few places the rare Gymnophyllum wardi fossil can be found. It is also known as the button coral.


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Screenshot of Okmulgee Spillway's location from Google Maps.


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I completely forget that Oklahoma has waterfalls other than Turner Falls.

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We did too! We could have done Turner Falls, but that one wasn't really surprising so we decided to ignore it for the most part. Plus it is really expensive to go in to see it.

This one was running well when we went to see it, but the week after we visited, it was running really well to the point they had to close the crossing.

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A beautiful one! I think the fact that it's hand-cut stones is adding to the beauty of it.

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We just love the CCC and WPA structures, there is nothing like that building style today!

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