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 Nature Preserves designated Wild River System.
It is believed the current falls formed as the result of erosion from its original starting place at an escarpment far downstream. The site of the falls was occupied in pre-modern times by a variety of indigenous peoples, and more recently has passed through multiple private owners until eventually being donated, along with surrounding land to Kentucky in 1933.
CumberlandFalls, sometimes called the Little Niagara, the Niagara of the South, or the Great Falls, is a waterfall on the Cumberland River in southeastern...
Cumberland River continues flowing west through the mountains of Kentucky before turning northward toward CumberlandFalls. The 68-foot (21 m) falls is...
The Cumberland Gap is a pass in the eastern United States through the long ridge of the Cumberland Mountains, within the Appalachian Mountains and near...
CumberlandFalls State Resort Park is a park located just southwest of Corbin, Kentucky, and is contained entirely within the Daniel Boone National Forest...
to be eroded, then lowered to have more sediments added on top near CumberlandFalls, 400 feet below the top of the formation, going by the age of the bedrock...
including Niagara Falls, New York, Yosemite National Park, California and CumberlandFalls, near Corbin, Kentucky. Victoria Falls, on the border between...
include the Red River Gorge Geologic Area, Natural Bridge State Park, CumberlandFalls, Big South Fork National Recreation Area, and others. Geology of Kentucky...
Dog Slaughter Falls is a 15 feet (4.6 m) to 20 feet (6.1 m) tall waterfall at the confluence of the Cumberland River and Dog Slaughter Creek, in the London...
located on Kentucky Route 90 in McCreary County, Kentucky near the CumberlandFalls State Resort Park. It began operating in the 1960s and continued uninterrupted...
Cumberland College. The name reflected the institution's location along the Cumberland River and its proximity to CumberlandFalls and the Cumberland...
Ozone Falls is a waterfall located in Cumberland County, Tennessee in the Ozone Falls State Natural Area and Cumberland Trail State Park. Ozone Falls is...
captive breeding program. Cumberland Gap, chief passageway through the Appalachian Mountains in early American history. CumberlandFalls, the only place in the...
Kentucky. Bad Branch Falls Kentucky, in Letcher County near source of Cumberland River CumberlandFalls, located in the CumberlandFalls State Resort Park...
Blackstone River, within the modern-day town of Cumberland and city of Central Falls, Rhode Island. The Valley Falls Company is the original antecedent of Berkshire...
The Daniel Boone National Forest (originally the Cumberland National Forest) is a national forest in Kentucky. Established in 1937, it includes 708,000...
The Cumberland Gap National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located at the border between Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia...
the United States, where it occurs in the upper Cumberland River tributaries above CumberlandFalls. It was federally listed as an endangered species...
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