Dana & Kenny at Big Laurel Falls

Tennessee is a beautiful state and home to well over 200 waterfalls. I've only visited a very few of these, but will add more with the help of my pal Dana. If you need a good guide book, I recommend Waterfalls of Tennessee by Gregory Plumb. Online, a wealth of good info can be found at Tennessee Landforms.

Great Smoky Mountain National Park - I've only scratched the surface here. Waterfalls I have been to include Abrams, Baskins Creek, Lynn Camp Prong, Meigs, the Sink, Place of 1000 Drips, Rainbow Falls and Ramsay Cascades.

Cumberland Plateau Area - This is a very large area of middle eastern Tennessee with numerous waterfalls. Many of the falls here plunge over cliffs in an amphitheater type setting. Others flow from or into caves. Click on the links below for more info on falls in different areas of the Cumberland Plateau.

• Fall Creek Falls State Park - Fall Creek, Cane Creek, Rockhouse, Piney Creek, Coon Creek Falls and Cane Creek Cascades
• Virgin Falls Pocket Wilderness area - Big Branch, Big Laurel, Sheep, and Virgin Falls
• Burgess Falls State Natural Area - Middle and Burgess Falls
• Ozone Falls - Walden Ridge area
• Upper and Lower Piney Falls - Walden Ridge area
• Laurel Falls - Walden Ridge area

Most of the public land in Southeastern Tennessee is part of the Cherokee National Forest. Here are a few of the 18 waterfalls that Plumb has listed in his book.

• Bald River and Baby Falls
• Conasauga Falls
• Coker Creek Falls
• Falls Branch Falls
• Yellow Creek and Bullet Creek Falls