The 10 Best Cliff Jumping Spots in Kentucky

Kentucky has 15 documented cliff jumping spots on CliffScout, 4 of them community-verified. These are the standouts — ranked by verification, documentation, and community activity, not hype. Every listing links to a full page with photos, heights, and access notes.

1. 1

   76 Falls (Seventy Six Falls) Verified

   Albany · jumps ~60 ft

   Locally called 76 Falls (Seventy Six Falls), this spot is actually in Clinton County near Albany, not near the Jamestown/Cumberland Parkway route often cited — it's reportedly about 7 lake miles by boat from Wolf Creek Marina,… Full guide →

2. 2

   Sid Bell Falls (Handcock Falls) Verified

   Albany

   Sid Bell Falls - long known locally as Handcock Falls, Little Falls, or Horseshoe Falls - sits in a shoreline cove of Lake Cumberland where Hancock Creek empties in, near Alpha/Watauga in Clinton County, Kentucky. The Army Corps… Full guide →

3. 3

   Dog Slaughter Falls Verified

   Corbin

   Dog Slaughter Falls is a 15-20 foot drop in Daniel Boone National Forest where Dog Slaughter Creek meets the Cumberland River, reached via a well-traveled roughly 2-mile round-trip trail near Corbin. The blue plunge pool is a… Full guide →

4. 4

   Eagle Falls Verified

   Parkers Lake

   Eagle Falls drops 44 feet where Eagle Creek meets the Cumberland River in Cumberland Falls State Resort Park, reached by a moderately strenuous 2-2.5 mile hike on Trail 9 off KY-90. Hikers who make the climb are rewarded with a… Full guide →

5. 5

   Devil Creek Waterfall Community

   Corbin

   Devil Creek Waterfall (listed name had a typo, "Watefall") is a confirmed ledge waterfall in the Daniel Boone National Forest, Whitley County, on public land near the Cumberland River/Sheltowee Trace corridor. Kentucky Waterfalls… Full guide →

6. 6

   Bark Camp Falls Community

   Corbin

   Bark Camp Falls sits roughly 0.15 miles from spot 3977 (Bark Camp Branch Falls) on the same Bark Camp Creek drainage in Daniel Boone National Forest near Corbin, KY — likely a second named drop on the same cascade system reached… Full guide →

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   Grandaddy Waterfalls Community

   Corbin

   Grandaddy Waterfalls is a two-drop ledge waterfall on an unnamed tributary in the Daniel Boone National Forest, Whitley County, near Corbin, KY. It is catalogued in the Kentucky Waterfalls database with GPS coordinates matching… Full guide →

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   Bark Camp Branch Falls Community

   Corbin

   Bark Camp Branch Falls lies along Bark Camp Creek in the Daniel Boone National Forest, about 15 miles southwest of Corbin, KY, reached via USFS Trail #413 (Bark Camp Trail) off Forest Road 4180. The creek is a managed Class II… Full guide →

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   Star Creek Falls Community

   Corbin

   Star Creek Falls is a confirmed plunge/slide waterfall in the Daniel Boone National Forest (Whitley County, public land), catalogued by Kentucky Waterfalls and the World Waterfall Database with coordinates matching this pin… Full guide →

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    Dutch Branch Falls Community

    London

    Dutch Branch Falls is a single-drop plunge waterfall on Dutch Branch in the Daniel Boone National Forest's Cumberland Plateau near London, Kentucky, at roughly 950 feet elevation. Documentation is minimal — the Kentucky… Full guide →

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