West Prong Falls is an 8-foot waterfall on West Prong in Blount County, Tennessee, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 11.9 miles west of Gatlinburg and roughly 24.3 miles southeast of Knoxville as the crow flies.
At 8 feet it is on the modest side for Tennessee, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 311th of 332. By form it is a cascade, descending over a series of rock steps rather than in a single drop.
The Blue Ridge is the highest part of the southern Appalachians, a range of forested peaks and coves with oak, hickory, tulip poplar and hemlock and spruce-fir on the summits, in one of the wettest climates in the East. Steep mountain streams drop over granite, gneiss and quartzite ledges, giving the region hundreds of waterfalls.
Blount County holds 20 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Cane Creek Twin Falls, an 8-foot plunge waterfall, is about 1.7 miles away. Lower Spruce Flats Falls, a 20-foot cascade waterfall, is about 2 miles away. Spruce Flats Falls, a 37-foot tiered waterfall, is about 2 miles away.
West Prong Falls is located at 35.6536° N, 83.7095° W. The listing is based on the World Waterfall Database, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.