Dog Slaughter Falls is a waterfall on Dog Slaughter Creek in Whitley County, Kentucky, in the Southwestern Appalachians region, with a total height of about 15 feet. It lies about 11.7 miles northwest of Williamsburg and roughly 65.8 miles north of Knoxville as the crow flies.
At 15 feet it is one of the lowest falls in the state’s records: of the 25 Kentucky waterfalls with a documented height only 2 are shorter, while the typical Kentucky waterfall stands around 40 feet. The water comes down as a plunge, where the water drops vertically and loses contact with the rock face.
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.
There are 3 recorded waterfalls in Whitley County. Eagle Falls, a 44-foot plunge waterfall, is about 2.1 miles away. Cumberland Falls, 68 feet high, is about 2.3 miles away. Bark Camp Creek Falls, is about 3.3 miles away.
Dog Slaughter Falls is located at 36.8597° N, 84.3124° 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.