Cane Creek Twin Falls is an 8-foot waterfall on Cane Creek in Blount County, Tennessee, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 10.5 miles west of Gatlinburg and roughly 23.5 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 plunge, where the water drops vertically and loses contact with the rock face.
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. Cane Creek carries 4 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 86 feet.
Blount County holds 20 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Meigs Falls, a 27-foot curtain waterfall, is about 1.1 miles away. West Prong Falls, an 8-foot cascade waterfall, is about 1.7 miles away. Sinks, The, a 12-foot punchbowl waterfall, is about 1.7 miles away.
Cane Creek Twin Falls is located at 35.6746° N, 83.6927° 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.