Tennessee
Burgess Falls
66 mi from Nashville · ~1.9 hr drive
No height recorded
Burgess Falls is a named waterfall in Tennessee — about 66 miles from Nashville, TN. Full visit details below.
- State
- Tennessee
- Nearest city
- Nashville, TN · 66 mi · ~1.9 hr drive
- Coordinates
- 36.0455°, -85.5994°
- County
- Putnam
From Wikipedia: The Burgess Falls is a cascade waterfall on the Falling Water River located within the Burgess Falls State Park, in Putnam and White counties, Tennessee, in the United States. The waterfall spills approximately 136 feet (41 m) into a large limestone gorge enclosed by sheer 100–200-foot (30–61 m) walls. The Falling Water River enters Center Hill Lake downstream from Burgess Falls. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Burgess Falls, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting Burgess Falls
The exact location is at 36.0455°, -85.5994° — 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 Nashville, TN — 66 miles away (~1.9 hr drive).
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Sources
Location and tag data for Burgess 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.