Eagle Creek Falls
Kentucky · height not recorded · Last verified 2026-05-15
Eagle Creek Falls is running at 1,730 cfs — well above seasonal normal.
Right now
Streamflow
1,730 cfs
CUMBERLAND RIVER AT CUMBERLAND · 1h ago
Overnight
71°F
Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wednesday
84°F
Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Today's daylight
Sunrise 6:34 AM · Sunset 8:52 PM · 14h 18m
Snapshot built 9m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS JKL.
Eagle Creek Falls is a waterfall in McCreary County, Kentucky. 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.
Eagle Creek Falls sits in McCreary County, Kentucky. It drops along Water from Eagle Creek. The base sits at roughly 827 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 16 minutes from Whitley City. A trail — Eagle Creek Falls Trail — runs within 20 meters of the marked location. This is one of the more frequently visited falls in the state by our popularity model. Source records come from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
Eagle Falls is located in Cumberland Falls State Resort Park in McCreary County, Kentucky, United States. Water from Eagle Creek descends 44 feet before landing on the rocks below on the Cumberland River shoreline. Eagle Falls can be accessed by hiking Trail 9 located on Kentucky Route 90 in the Cumberland Falls State Park. The trail to Eagle Falls is 2.5 miles one direction(2.4 km) and includes some of the best views of Cumberland Falls.
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 03404500 · 0.4 mi away
CUMBERLAND RIVER AT CUMBERLAND FALLS, KY
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30-day streamflow
Above 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 2,350 cfs · 85% of last year — similar
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Creek Falls (this page) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cumberland Falls | 0 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Dog Slaughter Falls | 2 mi | 20 ft | — | Y | Free |
| Star Creek Falls | 3 mi | — | — | Y | Free |
| Devil Creek Watefall | 4 mi | — | — | Y | Free |
| Amos Falls | 5 mi | — | — | Y | Free |
Questions visitors ask about Eagle Creek 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 Eagle Creek Falls from a major city?
Eagle Creek Falls is 11 miles from Whitley City (about 16 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
36.8436, -84.3435
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Falls_(Kentucky)
Wikidata (Q37932)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37932
GeoNames (4290671)
https://www.geonames.org/4290671/
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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