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Cumberland Falls in 2005. The following is a list of waterfalls in the US state of Kentucky. Bad Branch Falls Kentucky, in Letcher County near source of Cumberland River; Cumberland Falls, located in the Cumberland Falls State Resort Park; Dog Slaughter Falls, located downstream of the Cumberland Falls State Resort Park [1]
Location: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. Only about a half hour’s drive southwest from Cumberland Falls, you’ll find the largest waterfall in Kentucky, measuring 113 feet high.
It is believed that Cumberland Falls originated at the Pottsville Escarpment, near modern-day Burnside, Kentucky, and retreated to its current location approximately 45 miles (72 km) upstream. In its retreat, the falls cut what is now the Cumberland River gorge, reaching depths in places of up to 400 feet (120 m).
On September 26, 1985, the sold area, which included a 60-foot waterfall feature, was dedicated a nature preserve by the Office of Kentucky State Nature Preserves. [2] Later in 1986, Bad Branch was considered part of the Kentucky State Wild River System. In 1900, 1,031 acres of land containing part of the upper watershed was purchased by TNC.
Carter County, in northeast Kentucky, is home to more than 200 named and mapped caves, Tierney added. About 50 of those caves are located within the state park.
Cumberland Falls State Resort Park is a park located just southwest of Corbin, Kentucky, and is contained entirely within the Daniel Boone National Forest. [3] The park encompasses 1,657 acres (671 ha) and is named for its major feature, 68-foot-tall (21 m) Cumberland Falls .
An early map of the Falls of the Ohio; Louisville, Kentucky is in the lower right The area is located at the Falls of the Ohio, which was the only navigational barrier on the river in earlier times. The falls were a series of rapids formed by the relatively recent erosion of the Ohio River operating on 386-million-year-old Devonian hard ...
The USA Mullet Championships are underway for children and teens, and the adult contest is set to start in the fall. More than 20 Kentucky residents are competing in the contest.