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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]
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 ...
Pages in category "Waterfalls of Kentucky" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
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.
A map of Kentucky. Kentucky is situated in the Upland South region of the United States. [1] ... [41] as well as a 60-foot (18 m) waterfall and a Kentucky Wild River.
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 ...
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.
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 .