33 Miler
3,500ft of Climbing
14 Hour Official Finish
6:30am Start

Fall Creek 100 November 18, 2023

50 miler
5,500ft of Climbing
14 Hour Official Finish
6:30am Start

100 miler
11,000ft of Climbing
32 Hour Official Finish
6:30am Start

Fall Creek 100 takes a tour of Fall Creek Falls, one of the biggest and most visited parks in Tennessee. All distances take a suspension bridges over Cane Creek and Piney Creek, skirt right by the overlook for the 256-foot namesake of the park (spoiler: it's a waterfall), run right along the shoreline of Fall Creek Falls Lake and go over to Millikan’s Overlook.

It's a really wonderful park that's a lot of fun to run in. Pine forest; mossy, fern-lined tracks running along creeks; bridges; gentle, chill trail...it's really cool. We've included as much as we can on the course.

Link to Start/Finish Line Parking

Course
2023 Course was rerouted due to damaged trails in the park. 2024 Course will return to almost zero pavement!

Mild course with a lot less rocks and roots than is typical for the area. Leafy but mostly smooth underneath. Overall, it's a really chill and gentle park that runs pretty fast for a trail race.
Following a tornado in August, the 2023 course will be an out and back where every distance gets to see Fall Creek Falls Lake, Piney Creek Falls suspension bridge, Millikan’s Overlook, Cane Creek Falls and the Cane Creek Falls suspension bridge.

Cutoffs
33 and 50 runners have no on-course cutoffs, only official finish time limits.
100 mile cutoffs begin at mile 75.3 and are shown in the chart.

Aid Station Foods
Foods provided are similar to what is listed here. Each race varies slightly.

Chart Legend
C = Crew
D = Drop Bag

Awards

2023 Buckles are two layers of welded steel with a patina colorway.

33 and 50 mile awards are blue epoxy waterfalls.

Podium awards are gold, silver, bronze epoxy waterfalls.

Crew
Crew can access the Start/Finish line, Gilbert Gaul and the Nature Center.
Park respectfully all all locations, please.

Pacers
Pacers are allowed for 100 milers only starting at mile 50. Pacers are only allowed to enter and exit
the course at Gilbert Gaul, Bridge and the Start/Finish. Pacers must check in and out with aid stations when entering or leaving the course.

Drop Bags
Drop bags for 50s/100s will be kept at the Start/Finish area or Gilbert Gaul aid station.

Dropping Down/DNF
100 mile runners who complete at least their first loop can choose to drop down instead of a DNF. Finish time will be time of drop, not when mile 50 was crossed (if dropping later).