Talking Falls is a waterfall on Road Prong in Sevier County, Tennessee, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 15 feet. It lies about 7.2 miles south of Gatlinburg and roughly 34.7 miles southeast of Knoxville as the crow flies.
At 15 feet it is on the modest side for Tennessee, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 240th of 332.
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. Road Prong carries 2 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 60 feet.
There are 37 recorded waterfalls in Sevier County. Trickling Falls, a 60-foot block waterfall, is under a mile away. Tomahawk Prong Falls, is under a mile away. Fort Harry Falls, a 90-foot plunge waterfall, is about 1.6 miles away.
Talking Falls is located at 35.6154° N, 83.4706° 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 creek name is confirmed against the federal Geographic Names Information System. 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.