World of Waterfalls Blog

Piney Creek Falls (also known as just Piney Falls) is somewhat of a hidden 95ft waterfall tucked away off the one-way Gorge Scenic Drive Motor Nature Trail. While most of the waterfalling action…

I believe Burgess Falls is actually a series of waterfalls on the Falling Water River. However, it generally refers to only the largest of the waterfalls, which has an unusual shape (almost…

Cummins Falls was one of those waterfalls where there were two ways to experience the falls – a fairly quick and easy look-but-don’t-touch way or a much more difficult up-close-and-personal way…

Ozone Falls was a pretty, plunging 110ft waterfall that seemed to be a good place for a little adventure especially when making the drive between Nashville and Knoxville along the I-40 corridor…

Upper Piney Falls was a pretty 80ft waterfall that we got to walk behind. In an effort to avoid confusion, we’re sticking with designating the main waterfalls on this page the Upper and Lower…

Seventy Six Falls was kind of an ominous waterfall for us because we noticed three shrines or crosses that we believe commemorated loved ones who probably lost their lives here. After our visit to…

It might be a stretch to include a page on Mammoth Cave Waterfalls, but they do have a little historical significance even though they may be hard to photograph. The main reason why I’m including a…

Slave Falls was a trickling waterfall during our visit in Autumn 2012. Based on this experience, I’d have to say you have to come during Spring or immediately after a significant rain event if you…

Eventually, the trail started to hug some interesting cliff walls. But it was somewhere at this point that we spotted a deer carcass right next to the hiking trail. The carcass looked like it was…

Cumberland Falls definitely has to be up there when it comes to our favorite waterfalls of the South. With a classical rectangular shape that bears a strong resemblance to the Horseshoe Falls…

Eagle Falls is a light-flowing and short 44ft waterfall adding its output to the Cumberland River from its west bank just downstream of Cumberland Falls. It’s certainly an easily overlooked…

Yahoo Falls maybe considered the tallest waterfall in the state of Kentucky at 113ft, but given its seasonal and light flowing nature, that title may still not warrant a visit unless there had been…

Mingo Falls is probably hands down the most scenic waterfall in the vinicity of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (at least based on our research of the waterfalls in the park and our field…

Soco Falls was another waterfall we visited during our brief time in the vicinity of the Great Smoky Mountains near Cherokee. This waterfall was actually a pair of converging small waterfalls…

Pearsons Falls (or Pearson’s Falls) was a pretty, lacy, cascading 90ft waterfall at the end of a tranquil, family-friendly stroll owned and maintained by the Tryon Garden Club. It was said to be…

Hickory Nut Falls was our waterfalling excuse to visit Chimney Rock, which was a 315ft granite rock that offered us gorgeous sweeping views of Lake Lure and the Hickory Nut Gorge. The rather light-…

Elk River Falls was a moderate-volume 40ft waterfall that we ended up going a little bit out-of-the-way to visit, especially considering that we based ourselves mostly in Asheville and in Brevard.

For us, Linville Falls represented an exercise in confusion because there were apparently two different trailheads (one administered by the Forest Service and the other administered by the National…

Crabtree Falls (not to be confused with the one in Virginia) was probably the prettiest of the waterfalls we saw that were directly accessible from the Blue Ridge Parkway. What this 70ft waterfall…

Glassmine Falls is a thin waterfall seen right off the Blue Ridge Parkway. It’s said to be ephemeral and we can see why even though we saw it flowing. There’s a sign by the car park for the…