Walls of Jericho Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
preserved nature area in North Alabama and Middle Tennessee
About Walls of Jericho
The park preserves an impressive geological feature that forms a large bowl shaped amphitheater. Embedded in the limestone are bowling ball size holes from which water drips and spouts, creating a unique water feature. This amphitheater gives rise to steep 200-foot (61 m) sheer rock walls that creates the natural feature defining the amphitheater. Turkey Creek drains through the “Walls” and has been an active geological force in creating the amphitheater. Legend claims that in the late 1700s Davy Crockett explored this area when his family owned land nearby. An itinerant preacher who made his way to the Walls of Jericho in the late 1800s performed baptisms here and gave it a biblical name. The Walls of Jericho area was originally owned by the Texas oil magnate Harry Lee Carter, who acquire
Walls of Jericho Travel Guide Sections
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