Cummins Falls
Tennessee · height not recorded · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Cummins Falls is light today (16 cfs) — visit for the geology, not the volume. July averages 6.7" of precipitation here — expect high flow.
Right now
Streamflow
15.6 cfs
ROARING RIVER NEAR HILHAM, · 1h ago
Overnight
70°F
Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Friday
85°F
Showers And Thunderstorms
Today's daylight
Sunrise 5:32 AM · Sunset 8:01 PM · 14h 29m
Snapshot built 11m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS OHX.
Cummins Falls is a waterfall in Jackson County, Tennessee. Height has not been officially recorded. Access details and conditions have not yet been verified in person by Fallspots — the data on this page comes from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
Cummins Falls sits in Jackson County, Tennessee. It drops along Cummins Falls is a waterfall on the Blackburn Fork. The base sits at roughly 843 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 7 minutes from Dodson Branch. A trail — Falls Route — runs within 60 meters of the marked location. No public parking is recorded within 2 km, so a longer approach is likely. This is one of the more frequently visited falls in the state by our popularity model. Source records come from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
Cummins Falls is a waterfall on the Blackburn Fork River and is located in southern Jackson County, Tennessee. By volume, it is the eighth largest waterfall in Tennessee. The falls, with a total height of seventy-five feet, consist of two drops. The first has a plunge drop of fifty feet, ending in a shallow pool. The second has a cascade drop of twenty-five feet into a larger, deeper pool, or "swimming hole". In 2010, Cummins Falls was named "Tenth Best Swimming Hole in America" by Travel + Leisure magazine.
Is the water flowing right now?
Most waterfall sites don't tell you this. The waterfall itself is almost never gauged, but a USGS streamgage in the same watershed can tell you whether snowmelt has started, peaked, or run dry.
USGS gage 03418000 · 10.2 mi away
ROARING RIVER NEAR HILHAM, TN
— Distant gauge — proxy reading, not on the same drainage.
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When to go (from the climate data, not our opinion)
Monthly averages from Open-Meteo's reanalysis dataset (2020–2024). Highlighted months are when we think the waterfall is at its best — but the numbers are the numbers regardless.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip (in) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 48 | 31 | 6.4 | 5.2 |
| Feb | 54 | 35 | 6.6 | 4.2 |
| Mar | 63 | 42 | 6.8 | 0.4 |
| Apr | 67 | 47 | 5.1 | 0.2 |
| May | 76 | 57 | 6.4 | 0 |
| Jun | 85 | 65 | 5.1 | 0 |
| Jul | 87 | 69 | 6.7 | 0 |
| Aug | 85 | 67 | 7 | 0 |
| Sep | 80 | 61 | 3.6 | 0 |
| Oct | 71 | 52 | 3.6 | 0 |
| Nov | 60 | 42 | 3 | 0.4 |
| Dec | 53 | 36 | 5.2 | 2 |
Source: Open-Meteo Historical Weather API · ERA5 reanalysis 2020–2024.
Compare to nearby falls
If this one isn't the right fit, here's how it stacks up against the closest documented falls. Every column is filterable on the site — not buried in 13,000 reviews.
| Waterfall | Distance | Height | Trail | Dogs | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cummins Falls (this page) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dry Creek Falls | 2 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Charlotte Falls | 2 mi | 115 ft | — | — | — |
| Savannah Falls | 3 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Wash Morgan Falls | 6 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Waterloo Falls | 7 mi | — | — | — | — |
Questions visitors ask about Cummins Falls
Answers built from our structured data. If a question isn't here, the fact is unverified — we'd rather omit than guess.
How far is Cummins Falls from a major city?
Cummins Falls is 5 miles from Dodson Branch (about 7 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
36.2490, -85.5699
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cummins_Falls
Wikidata (Q5194135)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5194135
GeoNames (4616783)
https://www.geonames.org/4616783/
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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