page_title: Tallulah Gorge
section_title: Tallulah Falls in popular culture
hierarchical_section_title: Tallulah Gorge / Tallulah Falls in popular culture
caption_attribution_description: Site marker at the remains of metal tower that daredevil Karl Wallenda used to tightrope walk across Tallulah Gorge in 1970. The site is located in Tallulah Gorge State Park on the North Rim of the gorge.
context_page_description: The Tallulah Gorge is a gorge formed by the Tallulah River cutting through the Tallulah Dome rock formation. The gorge is approximately 2 miles long and features rocky cliffs up to 1,000 feet high. Through it, a series of falls known as Tallulah Falls drop a total of 150 metres in one mile. Tallulah Falls is composed of six separate falls: l'Eau d'Or, Tempesta, Hurricane, Oceana, Bridal Veil, and Lovers Leap. The Tallulah Gorge is located next to the town of Tallulah Falls, Georgia. Tallulah Gorge State Park protects much of the gorge and its waterfalls. The gorge is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Georgia.
  Just above the falls is Tallulah Falls Lake, created in 1913 by a hydroelectric dam built by Georgia Railway and Power in order to run Atlanta's streetcars. The dam still collects and redirects most of the water via a 6,666-foot tunnel sluice or penstock around the falls to an electricity generation station downstream that is 608 feet lower than the lake, except for a few days each year. The days when water is released are very popular for recreation, such as kayaking and whitewater rafting.
context_section_description: The opening credits of the 1976 film Grizzly were filmed flying through the gorge, and several establishing shots were shot in one of the gift shops on the gorge rim.
  On July 18, 1970, a 65-year-old Karl Wallenda performed a high-wire walk across the Tallulah Gorge.
  Parts of the 1972 film Deliverance were filmed in the gorge.
  Parts of the 2018 film Avengers: Infinity War were filmed in the state park.
caption: Site marker at Tallulah Gorge State Park commemorating Karl Wallenda's 1970 high-wire walk.
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