About this spot
Denny Cove Falls is a 70-foot seasonal waterfall in South Cumberland State Park, reached via a roughly 2.9-mile round-trip hike from the Denny Cove trailhead off US-41, about 1.4 miles south of Foster Falls. The falls cascade over a rock wall into a shallow, tea-colored pool with a large flat boulder for viewing. Flow is heaviest after rain and can dry to a trickle in summer. Cliff and waterfall jumping is explicitly prohibited park-wide by South Cumberland State Park rules, and the shallow pool makes jumping unsafe regardless. Treat this as a scenic hiking and photography stop, not a swimming or jumping destination.
Safety first. Cliff jumping is inherently dangerous and can cause serious injury or death. Conditions — water depth, submerged hazards, and access — change constantly. CliffScout is community-sourced reference information, not a guarantee a spot is safe. Always assess the conditions yourself before jumping, and never jump where you're unsure. You assume all risk.