Tennessee · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Abrams Falls
24 mi from Knoxville · ~40 min drive
No height recorded
Abrams Falls is a named waterfall in Tennessee — about 24 miles from Knoxville, TN. Full visit details below.
- State
- Tennessee
- Nearest city
- Knoxville, TN · 24 mi · ~40 min drive
- Elevation
- 1,490 ft (454 m)
- Coordinates
- 35.6090°, -83.8798°
- Park
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (NP)
- County
- Blount
From Wikipedia: The Abrams Falls Trail is an American hiking trail, in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park of Blount County, Tennessee. The trail runs parallel to Abrams Creek and passes Abrams Falls, one of the most voluminous waterfalls in the national park, before terminating at a junction with the Hatcher and Hannah Mountain trails. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Abrams Falls Trail, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
About Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Abrams Falls is inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a U.S. National Park managed by the National Park Service. Conditions, road status, trail closures, and reservation requirements are published directly on the park's NPS page — check it before driving in, especially in winter or during major weather events.
Entrance fee: Free. No entrance fee. Parking tags ($5/day, $15/week, $40/year) required for vehicles parked over 15 minutes.
Park homepage: https://www.nps.gov/grsm/
Visiting Abrams Falls
The exact location is at 35.6090°, -83.8798° — open in Google Maps for driving directions from your location.
Before you go: check current conditions with the appropriate land manager — state parks department, U.S. Forest Service ranger district, or National Park Service unit. Trail access, parking, water levels, and seasonal closures all vary. Several waterfalls in our database are seasonal and may run dry between mid-summer and the next rainy season.
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Stay nearby
Driving in? The nearest documented metro is Knoxville, TN — 24 miles away (~40 min drive).
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Sources
Location and tag data for Abrams Falls comes from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL license) ; the Wikipedia article linked above provides additional history. We do not modify the underlying data — this page presents what's already publicly recorded. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page or contact us.