Cliff Diving & Jumping in Tennessee

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Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau is waterfall country, and its plunge pools power the state's jumping scene. Foster Falls and the Fiery Gizzard gorge, the blue holes around Rock Island State Park, and Cummins Falls near Cookeville are the marquee names — though be aware the state parks actively regulate access, and Cummins Falls requires a gorge permit with closures after rain. Around Nashville, Percy Priest Lake's ledges are the local standby. Plateau gorges flash-flood with frightening speed — people have died at these parks in sudden rises — so never enter a gorge with storms upstream, and treat posted closures as law, because rangers do.

Altamont1 spot

Greeter Falls

Altamont, Tennessee

Benton1 spot

Lowry Falls

Benton, Tennessee

Cookeville5 spots

City Lake Falls

Cookeville, Tennessee

Cummins Falls

Cookeville, Tennessee

Upper Waterloo Falls

Cookeville, Tennessee

Wash Morgan Falls

Cookeville, Tennessee

Cosby1 spot

Hen Wallow Falls

Cosby, Tennessee

Dayton3 spots

Morphy Falls

Dayton, Tennessee

North Pole Falls

Dayton, Tennessee

Paine Creek Falls

Dayton, Tennessee

Elizabethton2 spots

Blue Hole Falls

Elizabethton, Tennessee

Blue Hole Falls

Elizabethton, Tennessee

Erwin2 spots

Pine Ridge Falls

Erwin, Tennessee

Sill Branch Falls

Erwin, Tennessee

Farner1 spot

Coker Creek Falls

Farner, Tennessee

Gatlinburg5 spots

Huskey Branch Falls

Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Indian Flats Falls

Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Meigs Creek Cascade

Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Talking Falls

Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Grandview1 spot

Upper Piney Falls

Grandview, Tennessee

Greeneville1 spot

Dudley Falls

Greeneville, Tennessee

Gruetli Laager2 spots

Ranger Falls

Gruetli Laager, Tennessee

Suter Falls

Gruetli Laager, Tennessee

Hampton2 spots

Dennis Cove Falls

Hampton, Tennessee

Laurel Falls

Hampton, Tennessee

Knoxville1 spot

Melton Hill Park

Knoxville, Tennessee

Laurel Bloomery1 spot

Gentry Creek Falls

Laurel Bloomery, Tennessee

Lenoir City1 spot

Fort Loudoun Dam

Lenoir City, Tennessee

Nashville3 spots

Lincoya Bay

Nashville, Tennessee

Percy Priest Lake

Nashville, Tennessee

West Meade Waterfall

Nashville, Tennessee

Palmer2 spots

Horsepound Falls

Palmer, Tennessee

Savage Falls

Palmer, Tennessee

Pikeville1 spot

Cane Creek Cascades

Pikeville, Tennessee

Reliance1 spot

Benton Falls

Reliance, Tennessee

Rock Island1 spot

Twin Falls

Rock Island, Tennessee

Sale Creek1 spot

Legget Branch Falls

Sale Creek, Tennessee

Sequatchie1 spot

Foster Falls

Sequatchie, Tennessee

Signal Mountain1 spot

Signal Mountain Blue Hole (Mystery Falls)

Signal Mountain, Tennessee

Soddy-Daisy3 spots

Imodium Falls

Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee

Little Possum Falls

Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee

Stripmine Falls

Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee

South Pittsburg1 spot

Denny Cove Falls

South Pittsburg, Tennessee

Sparta7 spots

Big Branch Falls

Sparta, Tennessee

Big Laurel Falls

Sparta, Tennessee

Falling Water Cascades

Sparta, Tennessee

Fancher Falls

Sparta, Tennessee

Spring City2 spots

Lower Piney Falls

Spring City, Tennessee

Stinging Fork Falls

Spring City, Tennessee

Tellico Plains2 spots

Baby Falls (Tellico River)

Tellico Plains, Tennessee

Bald River Falls

Tellico Plains, Tennessee

Townsend3 spots

Abrams Falls

Townsend, Tennessee

Cane Creek Twin Falls

Townsend, Tennessee

Meigs Falls

Townsend, Tennessee

Tracy City3 spots

Blue Hole Falls

Tracy City, Tennessee

Hanes Hole Falls

Tracy City, Tennessee

Sycamore Falls

Tracy City, Tennessee

Tullahoma1 spot

Rutledge Falls

Tullahoma, Tennessee

Wartburg2 spots

Debord Falls

Wartburg, Tennessee

Emory Gap Falls

Wartburg, Tennessee