Cumberland Falls - Corbin, KY
Posted by: vhasler
N 36° 50.331 W 084° 20.685
16S E 736775 N 4080286
Now billed as the Niagara of the South... biggest waterfall in terms of volume in the region.
Waymark Code: WMHE98
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 06/30/2013
Views: 9
The guidebook tells us:
CUMBERLAND FALLS, 68 feet high and 125 feet broad, has an average flow of 3,600 cubic feet of water a second. Immediately behind the falling sheet of water is a recess in the rock wall, which makes it possible to go almost across the river through the arch formed on one side by the rock and on the other by the flashing waters. Below the falls are many whirlpools and rapids in the river as it flows for seven miles through a boulder-strewn gorge, whose cliffs are 300 to 400 feet high.
---- KENTUCKY, A Guide to the Bluegrass State, 1939
The falls are still flowing as they did 70+ years ago; however, you are not allowed to walk behind them as mentioned in the guidebook. An overlook right at the falls are these coordinates, then more views are available downstream. There is no fee to visit the falls with concessions and restrooms nearby.