I lived down by the lake in Langston for a couple of years. We loved the solitude of Bucks Pocket.Yes, beautiful place!
Check out Buck's Pocket State Park on Sand Mountain (if you haven't). The entrance is a corkscrew down into a hole. The elevation change is bizarre. It's a cool place to chill. If you go, tell Cory (ranger) you heard about it from the biggest Vol fan he knows.
Yes, beautiful place!
Check out Buck's Pocket State Park on Sand Mountain (if you haven't). The entrance is a corkscrew down into a hole. The elevation change is bizarre. It's a cool place to chill. If you go, tell Cory (ranger) you heard about it from the biggest Vol fan he knows.
I've been a half dozen times and can't get past the elevation change as you drive down into the pocket. Geologically, how was that place formed?
It's basically just a canyon that is carved out by south sauty creek. If you go to nearby Geraldine you will see a sign pointing you towards High Falls park. All the creeks on Sand Mountain run east to Wes and carve out deep ravines and canyons, Bucks pocket is just one of them. Most people not from the area do not realize they are on a wide plateau that is called Sand Mountain in Alabama. The Tennessee river cuts through it in the Tennessee river gorge IIRC and the plateau/mountain continues on northeast for another 100 miles or so. Check it out on Google earth, it is a cool geologic feature in itself.
I'm familiar with TN River Gorge. I never equated S Sauty with it though...I'll have a look.
Google Earth is really cool for checking stuff like that out!
No..you misunderstood me. South Sauty creek cuts the Bucks pocket Canyon into Sand mountain. You were talking about Bucks Pocket state park weren't you?
Driving from ETn back to S.LA, I need a crash stop south of Chatt, so I have stayed at Cloudland Canyon, but since I just needed a place to sleep cheap, it was more pricey than Desoto in Bama.
No, I got you. I know that the TN River carved the TN River Gorge. I didn't think S Sauty had enough water volume to carve Buck's Pocket. By equate, I meant S Sauty is a tiny stream compared to TN River.