Baskins Falls is a 40-foot waterfall on Falls Branch in Sevier County, Tennessee, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 2.1 miles southeast of Gatlinburg and roughly 30.7 miles southeast of Knoxville as the crow flies.
At 40 feet it is taller than the typical Tennessee waterfall of about 30 feet, ranking 103rd of 332 with a recorded height. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 2 drops.
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. Falls Branch carries 5 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 55 feet.
Sevier County holds 37 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Place of a Thousand Drips, a 30-foot cascade waterfall, is about 1.1 miles away. Grotto Falls, a 25-foot plunge waterfall, is about 2.3 miles away. Rainbow Falls, a 75-foot plunge waterfall, is about 2.5 miles away.
Baskins Falls is located at 35.6949° N, 83.4822° 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.