Basin Falls is a waterfall on Basin Creek in Cumberland County, Tennessee, in the Southwestern Appalachians region, with a total height of about 45 feet. It lies about 8.3 miles west of Rockwood and roughly 51.6 miles west of Knoxville as the crow flies.
At 45 feet it is taller than the typical Tennessee waterfall of about 30 feet, ranking 95th of 332 with a recorded height. The water comes down as a slide, where the water glides down a smooth, inclined rock surface.
The Southwestern Appalachians are the Cumberland Plateau and its escarpments, a sandstone tableland covered in oak and mixed mesophytic forest and cut by deep gorges. Creeks pour off the plateau rim over sandstone caprock into gorges, creating many tall, dramatic falls. Basin Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 50 feet.
There are 6 recorded waterfalls in Cumberland County. Highland Falls, a 110-foot plunge waterfall, is about 2.4 miles away. Haley Mountain Falls, is about 2.7 miles away. Laurel Falls, a 40-foot segmented waterfall, is about 4.2 miles away.
Basin Falls is located at 35.8517° N, 84.8325° 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 position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.