Place of a Thousand Drips is a waterfall on Cliff Branch in Sevier County, Tennessee, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 30 feet. It lies about 1.6 miles east of Gatlinburg and roughly 30 miles southeast of Knoxville 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 cascade, descending over a series of rock steps rather than in a single drop.
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 37 recorded waterfalls in Sevier County. Baskins Falls, a 40-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1.1 miles away. Grotto Falls, a 25-foot plunge waterfall, is about 3.1 miles away. Upper Grotto Falls, 20 feet high, is about 3.4 miles away.
Place of a Thousand Drips is located at 35.7110° N, 83.4832° 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.