Dry Branch Cascade is a waterfall on Dry Branch in Cocke County, Tennessee, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 30 feet. It lies about 9.9 miles south of Newport and roughly 38.5 miles northwest of Asheville as the crow flies.
At 30 feet it is taller than the typical Tennessee waterfall of about 30 feet, ranking 136th of 332 with a recorded height. The water comes down as a horsetail, where the water keeps some contact with the bedrock as it falls.
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.
There are 4 recorded waterfalls in Cocke County. Buzzard Roost Falls, a 130-foot horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away. Hen Wallow Falls, a 45-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 5.3 miles away. Midnight Hole Falls, a 6-foot punchbowl waterfall, is about 6.6 miles away across the state line in North Carolina.
Dry Branch Cascade is located at 35.8232° N, 83.1839° 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.