This was a much longer hike than I've done before, totaling about 3 miles out and back on the route I took. You can drive right up to the falls but I wanted to walk there through the woods along the creek from the campground near the park entrance. Walking that much is very difficult for me so I was in quite a bit of pain and had to rest often. It was still a nice trip through there and I'd recommend it if you like to hike.
The scenery along the creek and in the woods was fantastic and I took a lot of pics on the way but ended up disappointed with my shots. I don't know if it was me or the camera but I thought the full size pics looked too blurry. Not sure if it's me or the camera but I took 3 shot bursts with a 10 second shutter delay to avoid camera shake/blur as much as possible and they looked poorly focused to me. I used auto focus and various apertures from wide open down to F/11, the smallest my camera will do. Image stabilization was turned off as Sony recommends when using a tripod. The $20 Amazon Basics tripod seemed plenty stable and there was no wind at all. Maybe I expect too much. 
Typical view of the first third or so of the trail. It gets more steep at times from here on in.
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I veered off the trail and ended up on what was apparently part of the Trail of Tears where I came across this plaque.
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Around these falls is where David Crockett (he never went by "Davy"
lived for a time. He left the area for west TN after the creek flooded in 1821. During the 10 second shutter delay, the kid on the left walked out into the frame. He is a little blurry due to the shutter speed but I liked having him in there better anyway. He walked all the way across and it looked very slippery. He is already into his balancing act.
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Crockett Falls is obviously a modest waterfall but definitely worth stopping by if you are in the area. The area is beautiful countryside even in the winter and the park looked very well kept by the state. Lots of families were out enjoying the warm weather that day. The trailhead I started from was not marked. You have to look around for it at campground 1 but it is a nice trail if you can find it.
Before starting on the trail back out, I was sitting at an observation deck high above the falls and a woman asked me if I was a photographer. Far from it! 
I guess the tripod made me look like a pro even if the photos don't!
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