Kentucky
Cumberland Falls
65 mi from Knoxville · ~1.9 hr drive
No height recorded
Cumberland Falls is a named waterfall in Kentucky — about 65 miles from Knoxville, TN. Full visit details below.
- State
- Kentucky
- Nearest city
- Knoxville, TN · 65 mi · ~1.9 hr drive
- Coordinates
- 36.8387°, -84.3451°
From Wikipedia: Cumberland Falls, sometimes called the Little Niagara, the Niagara of the South, or the Great Falls, is a waterfall on the Cumberland River in southeastern Kentucky. Spanning the river at the border of McCreary and Whitley counties, the waterfall is the central feature of Cumberland Falls State Resort Park and is part of the Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves designated Wild River System. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Cumberland Falls, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting Cumberland Falls
The exact location is at 36.8387°, -84.3451° — 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 — 65 miles away (~1.9 hr drive).
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Sources
Location and tag data for Cumberland 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.