Cave Creek Falls is a 25-foot waterfall on Cave Creek in Blount County, Tennessee, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 9.4 miles southwest of Pigeon Forge and roughly 22.4 miles southeast of Knoxville as the crow flies.
At 25 feet it is on the modest side for Tennessee, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 171st 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.
Blount County holds 20 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Cane Creek Twin Falls, an 8-foot plunge waterfall, is about 1.9 miles away. Meigs Falls, a 27-foot curtain waterfall, is about 2.2 miles away. Sinks, The, a 12-foot punchbowl waterfall, is about 2.4 miles away.
Cave Creek Falls is located at 35.7004° N, 83.6830° 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.